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The following new release may be of interest to Critical Labour Studies members. Global Labour Studies by Marcus Taylor and Sébastien Rioux. Specifically designed for in-class use, this engaging and affordable text provides students with an accessible introduction to key trends and issues within the world of work, labour and livelihoods. By building an integrated analytical framework that incorporates concepts of power, networks, space and livelihoods, the book provides students with rigorous tools to engage and analyse core controversies: from automation and precarious labour, through to migration, forced labour and the formal/informal divide. Empirically rich with illustrative case studies from across the globe, Global Labour Studies offers a defining introduction to the field. Full details at: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504060 "Marcus Taylor and Sébastien Rioux have opened the horizon to a truly global labour studies. Grounded in heterodox political economy, and animated by critical development studies, feminism, economic sociology, human geography, and more, Global Labour Studies is interdisciplinary in both spirit and practice. It is also a model of lucid, dynamic, and socially engaged exposition, shining light on lived experiences, deep connections, and structural conditions together across the rapidly changing worlds of labour.” - Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia [cid:F5227097-B6A9-476C-A7FA-78420A1E2E2C] - - Sébastien Rioux CRC en économie politique de l’alimentation et du bien-être Professeur adjoint Département de géographie Université de Montréal 514-343-6111 #0796