Fenton, Natalie and Downey, J.. 2007. Global Capital Local Resistance? Trade Unions National Newspapers and the Symbolic Contestation of Offshoring in the UK. Current Sociology, 55(5), pp. 651-673. ISSN 00113921 [Article]

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The purpose of this article is to analyse the symbolic response of some trade unions in the UK to the `offshoring' of call centre work. The article shows how these responses have drawn extensively upon nationalist rhetoric and that this places unions in a contradictory position with respect to their internationalist objectives. It also shows that the unions' campaigns have been well received by elements of the UK national press, not usually known for their support of union causes and that this can be explained through the unions' adoption of nationalist rhetoric.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392107079921
Keywords:	globalization, mass media, offshoring, trade unions
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Media, Communications and Cultural Studies > Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre
Dates:	Date Event September 2007 Published
Item ID:	1683
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2009 15:42
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2019 12:16
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/1683

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