ISBN:
9780745664866
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (VII, 212 Seiten)
Edition:
1. publ.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Urry, John, 1946 - 2016 Offshoring
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Offshore outsourcing -- Social aspects
;
Tax havens
;
Tax evasion
;
Money laundering
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Globalisierung
;
Offshoring
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Schattenwirtschaft
;
Steueroase
;
Gesellschaft
;
Bedrohung
Abstract:
The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. These often secretive activities offshore also involve relations of work, finance, pleasure, waste, energy and security. Powerful and pervasive offshore worlds have been generated, posing huge challenges both for governments and for citizens. This book documents the various patterns of offshoring Ð of the economy, sociability, politics and the environment. In
Description / Table of Contents:
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; 1: What Is Offshoring?; The problem; Beyond borders; Offshoring; The argument of Offshoring; 2: Secrets; Simmel on secrets; Secret powers; Neo-liberalism; Conclusion; 3: Work Offshored; Divisions of labour; Containerisation; Free trade; Processes of offshoring work; 3D printing; Conclusion; 4: Taxing Offshored; Introducing 'tax dodging'; The 'façade'; Too much finance; Politics of tax; Conclusion; 5: Leisure Offshored; Pirates; Consuming elsewhere; Places of offshore excess; Dubai; Offshoring leisure zones; Security; 6: Energy Offshored
Description / Table of Contents:
The problem of energyFossil fuel energy; Distant energy; Extreme energy; Financialisation; Conclusion; 7: Waste Offshored; Introducing waste; Making waste; Moving waste; Moving emissions; Conclusion; 8: Security Offshored; Security at a distance; Fighting offshore; Torturing offshore; Surveillance beyond borders; 9: Out to Sea and Out of Sight; Introducing the sea; Unregulated ships; Unregulated sea; Unregulated climate; Conclusion; 10: Bringing It All Back Home; The Dubai model; The scale of offshore; Finance and democracy; Reshoring the material; Offshoring up or powering down
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