FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues
In this introductory article, we provide a context for subsequent articles in this special edition. We do not intend to provide a comprehensive overview of the costs and benefits of FIFO. This ground is covered in other articles here (see also Morris 2012). We argue that FIFO represents the third wa...
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| author | Rainnie, Alistair Fitzgerald, Scott Ellem, Bradon Goods, Caleb |
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| description | In this introductory article, we provide a context for subsequent articles in this special edition. We do not intend to provide a comprehensive overview of the costs and benefits of FIFO. This ground is covered in other articles here (see also Morris 2012). We argue that FIFO represents the third wave in a series of spatial fixes, whereby resource companies mining in far north Western Australia sought to manage relationships between themselves, their workforces, and the communities in which these workers live. We are responding to the demands of Coe (2013) and Kelly (2013) who wish to see Global Production Network analysis move beyond a narrow workplace focus to incorporate issues such as environmental landscapes, households and livelihoods, and social and spatial unevenness of development. In so doing, we develop the form of analysis of GPNs, labour; and uneven development outlined in Rainnie et al. (2011; 2013) |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-144402017-01-30T11:43:43Z FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues Rainnie, Alistair Fitzgerald, Scott Ellem, Bradon Goods, Caleb mining FIFO workforce resource companies labour In this introductory article, we provide a context for subsequent articles in this special edition. We do not intend to provide a comprehensive overview of the costs and benefits of FIFO. This ground is covered in other articles here (see also Morris 2012). We argue that FIFO represents the third wave in a series of spatial fixes, whereby resource companies mining in far north Western Australia sought to manage relationships between themselves, their workforces, and the communities in which these workers live. We are responding to the demands of Coe (2013) and Kelly (2013) who wish to see Global Production Network analysis move beyond a narrow workplace focus to incorporate issues such as environmental landscapes, households and livelihoods, and social and spatial unevenness of development. In so doing, we develop the form of analysis of GPNs, labour; and uneven development outlined in Rainnie et al. (2011; 2013) 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14440 National Institute of Labour Studies fulltext |
| spellingShingle | mining FIFO workforce resource companies labour Rainnie, Alistair Fitzgerald, Scott Ellem, Bradon Goods, Caleb FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title | FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title_full | FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title_fullStr | FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title_short | FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues |
| title_sort | fifo and global production networks: exploring the issues |
| topic | mining FIFO workforce resource companies labour |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14440 |