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The globalisation of world trade in combination with the use of information and communications technologies is bringing about a new international division of labour, not just in manufacturing industries, as in the past, but also in work involving the processing of information.
       Organisational restructuring shatters the unity of the traditional workplace, both contractually and spatially, dispersing work across the globe in ever-more attenuated value chains.

        A new ‘cybertariat’ is in the making, sharing common labour processes, but working in remote offices and call centres which may be continents apart and occupying very different cultural and economic places in local economies.

        The implications of this are far-reaching, both for policy and for scholarship. The dynamics of this new global division of labour cannot be captured adequately within the framework of any single academic discipline. On the contrary, they can only be understood in the light of a combination of insights from fields including political economy, the sociology of work, organisational theory, economic geography, development studies, industrial relations, comparative social policy, communications studies, technology policy and gender studies.
       
This journal aims to bring together insights from all these fields to create a single authoritative source of information on the new global division of labour, combining theoretical analysis with the results of empirical research in a way that is accessible both to the research community and to policy makers. Read more. 

Read some reviews of former issues

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The New Gold Rush
Break or Weld
The Spark in the Engine

"..compelling ... remarkable ... This collection contributes some grounding to an often ephemeral discussion." (Lee Artz, Global Media and Communication Online, 2008: 4:211-215)

" .. a valuable resource for anyone interested in what is really happening to the working class"
 
(Chris Harman, International Socialism, December, 2007)



  
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