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"""At the Point of Production"", a compilation of contributions to ""New Solutions Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health Policy"", locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. It argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context of particular industries or workplaces, we cannot fully grasp the process of recognition and control of industrial hazards. The contributors report on a series of case studies, all of which used the 'point of production' framework to investigate particular problems or industries.The focus of the first section is on globalization, the impact of privatization on the health and safety of workers and communities in Brazil and Mexico. The next section addresses environmental issues: the unintended effects of environmental regulation on workers, the situation of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders, the implementation of toxics use reduction, and the role of workers in pollution prevention. In the third section the contributors explore the intersection of labor relations with gender relations at the point of production. A final chapter deals with some of the practical issues involved in conducting occupational health research in the contested terrain of the workplace."

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Author:   Charles Levenstein ,  Robert Forrant ,  John Wooding
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415784290

ISBN 10:   0415784298
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   06 February 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Charles Levenstein SECTION 1. GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1. Work and Health in the Global Economy: Lessons from Developing and Industrialized Countries on the Impact of Work on Health C. Eduardo Siqueira, Blanca Lemus, and Charles Levenstein Chapter 2. New Points of Production: Homework and Shoemaking in Asia Pia Markkanen and Charles Levenstein Chapter 3. Robbers Aboard: Workplace Violence and (In)Security in Public Transport in Salvador, Brazil Eduardo Paes Machado and Charles Levenstein SECTION 2. ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS Chapter 4. The Story of the Alar Ban: Politics and Unforeseen Consequences Beth Rosenberg Chapter 5. Health and Safety Organizing: OCAW'S Worker-to-Worker Health and Safety Training Program Craig Slatin Chapter 6. Low-Hanging Fruit: Social Values and Industry Discretion in Toxics Use Reduction Policy Richard Campbell and Charles Levenstein Chapter 7. Joint Occupational and Environmental Pollution Prevention Strategies: A Model for Primary Prevention Karla Armenti, Rafael Moure-Eraso, Craig Slatin, and Ken Geiser SECTION 3. GENDER Chapter 8. Sexual Harassment: Labor Relations by Other Means Eve Spangler Chapter 9. Gender and Cleaner Production: Toward a Framework for Including Gender Analysis When Developing Strategies and Designing Solutions Sally Edwards and Margaret Quinn Chapter 10. The Boston-Area HASWIC Research Circle: An Innovative Participatory Method for Coloring in the Picture of a Special Work Environment Susan Moir and Lenore S. Azaroff SECTION 4. ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS Chapter 11. Good Practice Guidelines for Occupational Health Research Funded by the Private Sector Margaret Quinn, Charles Levenstein, and Gregory F. DeLaurier Index

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