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1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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Wildcat : workers' movements and global capitalism |
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Wildcat (Pluto Press)
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence. |
| Contents |
Preface. Amazon and the Future of Work in the Global Economy / Ruth Milkman -- Introduction. Amazon Capitalism / Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Juliann Allison, and Ellen Reese -- Part I Amazon's Rise in Global Power -- 1 Amazon: Context, Structure, and Vulnerability / Kim Moody -- 2 Power Accrues to the Powerful: Amazon's Market Share, Customer Surveillance, and Internet Dominance / Dana M. Williams -- 3 Transnational Amazon: Labor Exploitation and the Rise of E-Commerce in South Asia / Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi -- Part II Exploitation and Resistance Across Amazon's Global Empire -- 4 The Amazonification of Logistics: E-Commerce, Labor, and Exploitation in the Last Mile / Jake Alimahomed-Wilson -- 5 Automation and the Surveillance-Driven Warehouse in Inland Southern California / Jason Struna and Ellen Reese -- 6 Gender, Race, and Amazon Warehouse Labor in the United States / Ellen Reese -- 7 A New Industrial Working Class? Challenges in Disrupting Amazon's Fulfillment Process in Germany / Nantina Vgontzas -- 8 A Struggle for Bodies and Souls: Amazon Management and Union Strategies in France and Italy / Francesco Massimo -- Part III Communities Confronting the E-Commerce Giant -- 9 Company Town: What Happens to a City and its Democracy when Amazon Dominates? / Katie Wilson -- 10 Lessons from New York City's Struggle Against Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City / Steve Lang and Filip Stabrowski -- 11 What Happens When Amazon Comes to Town? Environmental Impacts, Local Economies, and Resistance in Inland Southern California / Juliann Emmons Allison -- 12 Worker and Community Organizing to Challenge Amazon's Algorithmic Threat / Sheheryar Kaoosji -- Part IV Struggling to Win Against Amazon -- 13 Amazon Strikes in Europe: Seven Years of Industrial Action, Challenges, and Strategies / Jörn Boewe and Johannes Schulten -- 14 Bursting the Bubble: The Emerging Tech Worker Movement at Amazon / Spencer Cox -- 15 The CEO Has No Clothes: Worker Leadership and Amazon's Failures During COVID-19 / Dania Rajendra -- 16 Think Big: Organizing a Successful Amazon Workers' Movement in the United States by Combining the Strengths of the Left and Organized Labor / Peter Olney and Rand Wilson -- 17 Amazonians United! An Interview with DCH1 (Chicago) Amazonians United / DCH1 Amazonians United -- Conclusion. Resisting Amazon Capitalism / Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese -- About the Authors. |
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Amazon.com (Firm)
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Amazon.com (Firm) (OCoLC)fst00752301
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Electronic commerce.
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Corporate power -- United States.
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Industrial relations -- United States.
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Capitalism.
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Exploitation.
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Commerce électronique.
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Pouvoir économique -- États-Unis.
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Relations industrielles -- États-Unis.
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Exploitation (Morale)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
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Corporate power. (OCoLC)fst00879682
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Electronic commerce. (OCoLC)fst00906906
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Exploitation. (OCoLC)fst00918547
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Industrial relations. (OCoLC)fst00971609
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Alimahomed-Wilson, Jake, editor.
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Reese, Ellen, 1969- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cost of free shipping. London : Pluto Press, 2020 9780745341484 0745341489 (OCoLC)1144090192 |
| ISBN |
9781786807526 (electronic bk.) |
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1786807521 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786807519 (electronic bk.) |
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1786807513 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786807533 (Kindle ebook) |
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178680753X |
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9780745341484 (paperback) |
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0745341489 (paperback) |
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9780745341477 (hardcover) |
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0745341470 (hardcover) |
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AU@ 000068724354 |
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AU@ 000069525093 |
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UKMGB 019888407 |
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AU@ 000068596151 |
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