The Dirty Work of Neoliberalism: Cleaners in the Global Economy

Luis L. M. Aguiar (Editor), Andrew Herod (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5636-3

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272 pages

December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell

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In this collection of essays, an international group of scholars investigate the global building cleaning industry to reveal the extent of neoliberalism's impact on cleaners.

This book provides the first intensive study focusing on building cleaners and their global experiences
Brings together an international group of scholars and experts to investigate different national contexts and examples
Draws out important commonalities and highlights significant differences in these experiences
Examines topics including erosion of cleaners' industrial citizenship rights, the impact of outsourcing upon their working conditions, economic security, and the intensification of their work and its negative effects on physical health
Considers how cleaners are mobilizing to resist and respond to the restructuring of their work.