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Constrained agency? Re-evaluating the geographies of labour

Coe, Neil M., Jordhus-Lier, David C.·2011·Progress in Human Geography
DOI 10.1177/0309132510366746
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This article critically evaluates the concept of labour agency. First, we briefly reprise structure/agency debates in human geography in order to distil how agency is best conceived. Second, we propose a more discerning approach to labour agency that unpacks its many spatial and temporal dimensions. Third, we develop a ‘re-embedded’ notion of labour agency and identify global production networks, the state, the community and labour market intermediaries as key arenas for consideration. The paper argues that worker strategies must always be assessed in relation to these wider social relations, suggesting a constrained, variegated notion of labour agency.

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Authors
Coe, N. M., & Jordhus-Lier, D. C.
Venue
Progress in Human Geography
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2010-04-23
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
211-233
ISSN
  • 0309-1325 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-0288
DOI
10.1177/0309132510366746
OpenAlex
W2140973264
Cited by
579
References
75
FWCI
47.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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