{"product_id":"laboring-of-communication-vincent-mosco-9780739118139","title":"Laboring of Communication: Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Laboring of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e examines the transformation of work and of worker organizations in today's Information Society. The book focuses on how traditional trade unions and new worker associations growing out of social movements are coming together to address the crisis of organized labor. It concentrates on the creative responses of the technical and cultural workers in the mass media, telecommunications, and information technology industries.\u003cbr\u003eConcentrating on political economy, labor process, and feminist theory, it proceeds to offer several ways of thinking about communication workers and the nature of the society in which they work. Drawing on interviews and the documentary record, the book offers case studies of successful and unsuccessful efforts among both traditional and alternative worker organizations in the United States and Canada. It concludes by addressing the thorny issue of outsourcing, describing how global labor federations and nascent worker organizations in the developing world are coming together to develop creative solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Mosco,Catherine McKercher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739118137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739118139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.33w x 0.96d","brand":"Vincent Mosco","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48991985303807,"sku":"9780739118139","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/laboring-of-communication-vincent-mosco-9780739118139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}