Labor in a Globalizing City : Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil - Buechler, Simone Judith; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Introduction -- The Spectrum of Voices in the São Paulo Economy -- Six Industrial Case Studies: Internal and External Flexibilization and Technological Change -- The History, Politics, and Economies of Three Communities and their Inhabitants -- Outsourcing Production and Commerce: A Close Examination of Unregistered Salaried Workers, Sweatshop Workers, Homeworkers and Ambulant Vendors for Firms -- The Increasingly Precarious Nature of Self-Employment -- "Destiny is not set in stone": Social Actors, Cooperatives, and Local Coalition-Building -- Conclusion.
Keywords: Economic geography; Globalization; Markets; Labor economics; Microeconomics; Economic Geography; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Labor Economics; Microeconomics