Offshoring

by Urry John

Offshoring to praktyka przenoszenia czesci dzialalnosci gospodarczej za granice Ukrywanie przychodow bogactwa i zyskow w rajach podatkowych uczynilo z offshoring temat medialny w swojej ksiazce John Urry twierdzi jednak ze offshoring jest czyms duzo wiecej ze w praktyce jest to jeden z glownych mechanizmow globalnej gospodarki Ksiazka stanowi dokumentacje roznych sposobow w jakie offshoring dokonuje sie w obszarze polityki ekonomii oraz ekologii Urry analizuje nie tylko zjawisko masowego importu tanich produktow z krajow rozwijajacych sie lecz rowniez zjawisko eksportowania do nich zanieczyszczen odpadow w koncu rowniez korzystania z zakazanych w krajach centrum rozrywek w tym przede wszystkim z uslug seksualnych Podobnie za oceany wysyla sie niepokoje spoleczne i zagrozenia polityczne Efektem jest atmosfera niepewnosci klamstw i dwuznacznosci ktora jest odpowiedzialna za mroczna strone postepujacej globalizacji

Genres: Sociology

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Offshoring by John Urry is a really captivating and thought-provoking book, although not an easy read I would recommend it to anybody interested in non-fiction and how offshoring of business affects us as a society, If you want to read something without putting much effort into thinking about what the author say's I would not recommend this book to you.

one of my favorite chapters was work offshored. this really opened my eyes to how industrial manufacturing has changed our society by breaking down tasks into little steps. in the past, we used to have a shoe-maker who would make the whole shoe. but now in today's society we have pushed these craftsmen to the side in favor of industrial manufacturing, were in the past we have an individual who makes the shoe we now have multiple individuals develop separate pieces of the shoes, this increases production because the bigger task of making the shoes is broken down into smaller ones such as making the sole and shoe itself this frees up time as the person on the factory floor does not have to worry about the whole shoe but instead just his smaller task.

[Carles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ensayo sobre como el sistema económico actual nos ha llevado a esconderlo todo (ingresos, residuos, producción) y como este hecho puede ser una receta para el desastre. Bueno para una reflexión sobre nuestro mundo, aunque bastante académico.

[Laura]

Yo ya sabía casi todo lo que explica pero puede ser una buena introducción al tema para los que quieran iniciarse y ver las diferentes dimensiones que nos conectan a nivel mundial.

[Endri Cela · Rating 3 out of 5]

It gives a good introduction to the topic.

[Claus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Offshoring is an interesting and very thought-provoking book. Urry demonstrates how many different processes taking place in contemporary society can be thought of in the light of offshoring and secrecy. In some sense, the book paints a rather dystopian picture of the future but the arguments provided are all very convincing and well documented. Interesting read for anyone interested in a diagnosis of contemporary societies.