*Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Prize, awarded by the American Sociological Association Labor and Labor Movements section* Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign of hope. Some workers become fatalistic, even xenophobic. Others are attempting to globalize their own struggles. Examines the claim that a new labour internationalism is emerging by grounding the book in evidence, rather than assertion Analyzes three distinct places Orange, Australia; Changwon, South Korea; and Ezakheni, South Africa and how they dealt with manufacturing plants undergoing restructuring Explores worker responses to rising levels of insecurity and examines preconditions for the emergence of counter-movements to such insecurities Highlights the significance of 'place' and 'scale', and demonstrates how the restructuring of multi-national corporations, and worker responses to this, connect the two concepts

*Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Prizeawarded by the American Sociological Association Labor and LaborMovements section* Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labourinternationalism in response to the growing insecurity created byglobalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecuritythey often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign ofhope. Some workers become fatalistic, even xenophobic. Others areattempting to globalize their own struggles.* Examines the claim that a new labour internationalism isemerging by grounding the book in evidence, rather thanassertion* Analyzes three distinct places - Orange, Australia;Changwon, South Korea; and Ezakheni, South Africa - and howthey dealt with manufacturing plants undergoing restructuring* Explores worker responses to rising levels of insecurity andexamines preconditions for the emergence of counter-movements tosuch insecurities Highlights the significance of 'place' and'scale', and demonstrates how the restructuring of multi-nationalcorporations, and worker responses to this, connect the twoconcepts

Preface: A Journey of Discovery.List of Abbreviations.1. The Polanyi Problem and the Problem with Polanyi.Part One: Markets Against Society.2. Manufacturing Matters.3. The Return of Market Despotism.4. Citizenship Matters.Part Two: Society Against Markets.5. Strong Winds in Ezakheni.6. Escaping Social Death in Changwon.7. Squeezing Orange.Part Three: Society Governing the Market?8. History Matters.9. Grounding Labour Internationalism.10. The Necessity for Utopian Thinking.Notes.References.Index.