Poverty and the Production of World Politics Unprotected Workers in the Global Political Economy

Global poverty is a central concern for world politics, yet we lack and adequate conception of the ways the "global poor" affect contemporary world order. This book examines the proposition, inspired by the work of Robert W. Cox and Jeffrey Harrod, that such a conception must be based on an analysis of how the "global poor" take part in power relations as unprotected workers . It examines the ways in which production and power relations constitute world politics, and the chapters shed light on the politics of production in the Third World, migration, prostitution, the "clash of civilizations" and union internationalism.

Preface--M.Ryner & M.Davies * Introduction--M.Davies & M.Ryner * Invisible Subject(s): Work and Workers in the Global Political Economy--L.Amoore * The Global Poor and Global Politics--Neo-Materialism and the Sources of Political Action--J.Harrod * Workers of the World... The 'Economic-Corporate Moment' of Contemporary World Politics--M.Ryner * The Public Spheres of Unprotected Workers--M.Davies * Prostitution and Globalization--S.Federici * Migration and Unprotected Work in Southern Africa--M.Niemann * The Working Poor: Labour Market Reform and Unprotected Workers in South Africa's Retail Sector--M.Clarke * Maqulization and Labour Militancy: The Restructuring of Gender and Production Modes in Mexico--T.Healy * Globalizing Social Justice All the Way Down? Agents, Subjects, Objects and Phantoms in International Labor Politics--D.Stevis & T.Boswell * Conclusion--M.Ryner & M.Davies