Fleming and Spicer
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Contesting the Corporation: Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations
By Peter Fleming and André Spicer
A Sample from the Manuscript for Cambridge University Press July 2006
Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two (Chapter Three Notes References (Chapter Four (Chapter Five (Chapter Six (Chapter Seven (Chapter Eight (Chapter Nine (Conclusion Prisons, Playgrounds and Parliaments Faces of Power in Organizations Faces of Resistance at Work Struggle in Organizations 2 8 20 ---) 33 34 ---) ---) ---) ---) ---) ---) ---)
Dis-identification and Resentment: The Case of Cynicism De-sexualizing Work and the Struggle for Desire Displacement and Struggle: Space, Life and Labour Discursive Struggle: The Case of Globalization in the Public Sector Struggles for Justice: Wharfies, Queers and Capitalists Struggles for Common Ground in Organizations
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Introduction Prisons, Playgrounds and Parliaments
McShit?
The sun never sets on the golden arches. These gleaming symbols of the iconic fast food giant, McDonalds, can be found scattered across the surface of the earth. They seem to have spread even further than the standards of ancient Rome, the cross of Christianity, or the flag of imperial Britain. McDonalds is so ubiquitous that the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock found that most children had difficulty recognising the United States President and Jesus Christ, but they could instantly recognise Ronald McDonald. In the course of becoming the corporate power that it is today, McDonalds has transformed people’s lives around the world in a way that emperors and governments have only dreamed of (Schlosser, 2002). It has swept away thousands of small businesses throughout the world and replaced them with chain stores. It has applied the standardised techniques of mass manufacture to the job of cooking food and serving people. It has systematically rolled back the rights of workers. It has hastened the introduction of monoculture factory farming. It
Contesting the Corporation: Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations
By Peter Fleming and André Spicer
A Sample from the Manuscript for Cambridge University Press July 2006
Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two (Chapter Three Notes References (Chapter Four (Chapter Five (Chapter Six (Chapter Seven (Chapter Eight (Chapter Nine (Conclusion Prisons, Playgrounds and Parliaments Faces of Power in Organizations Faces of Resistance at Work Struggle in Organizations 2 8 20 ---) 33 34 ---) ---) ---) ---) ---) ---) ---)
Dis-identification and Resentment: The Case of Cynicism De-sexualizing Work and the Struggle for Desire Displacement and Struggle: Space, Life and Labour Discursive Struggle: The Case of Globalization in the Public Sector Struggles for Justice: Wharfies, Queers and Capitalists Struggles for Common Ground in Organizations
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Introduction Prisons, Playgrounds and Parliaments
McShit?
The sun never sets on the golden arches. These gleaming symbols of the iconic fast food giant, McDonalds, can be found scattered across the surface of the earth. They seem to have spread even further than the standards of ancient Rome, the cross of Christianity, or the flag of imperial Britain. McDonalds is so ubiquitous that the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock found that most children had difficulty recognising the United States President and Jesus Christ, but they could instantly recognise Ronald McDonald. In the course of becoming the corporate power that it is today, McDonalds has transformed people’s lives around the world in a way that emperors and governments have only dreamed of (Schlosser, 2002). It has swept away thousands of small businesses throughout the world and replaced them with chain stores. It has applied the standardised techniques of mass manufacture to the job of cooking food and serving people. It has systematically rolled back the rights of workers. It has hastened the introduction of monoculture factory farming. It
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