Contesting the Corporation: Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations - Hardcover

Fleming, Peter; Spicer, André

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521860865 ISBN 13: 9780521860864

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape, it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Originally published in 2007, Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are driven by political struggle, power plays and attempts to resist control. Building on a wide range of theoretical sources, Fleming and Spicer present an analysis of the different ways in which power operates within the modern workplace. They begin by building a theoretical perspective that synthesizes previous investigations of power and resistance, identifying struggle as a key concept. Each chapter illustrates a different dimension of workplace struggle through an array of original empirical studies relating to sexuality, cynicism, new social movements and new-wave trade unionism. The book concludes by demonstrating that social justice claims underlie even the most innocuous forms of resistance, helping to transform some of the largest modern corporations.

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Book Description

In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape, it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are driven by political struggle, power plays and attempts to resist control.

About the Author

André Spicer is Associate Professor of Organisation Studies at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521860865
• ISBN 13: 9780521860864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236