Ways of life after redundancy: anatomy of a community following factory closure

Blyton, Paul Robert and Jenkins, Jean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-9599 2010. Ways of life after redundancy: anatomy of a community following factory closure. Blyton, Paul, Blunsdon, Betsy, Reed, Ken and Dastmalchian, Ali, eds. Ways of Living: Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 202-219. (10.1057/9780230273993_9)

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Abstract

This chapter examines the fate of redundant workers and their community in the industrial region of South Wales, U.K., where redundancy has been a ‘normal rather than exceptional feature’ of life since the middle of the last century (Harris and Fevre, 1987: 49). It analyses the experiences of workers made redundant by the international clothing company Burberry, as it closed its manufacturing plant in the Rhondda Valleys and moved its production to China. The chapter begins by considering redundancy in the context of contemporary capitalism. It then briefly examines the particular experience of the South Wales valleys, followed by an evaluation of the impact of job loss on the lives of the individual employees, their families and their community. In terms of the themes being explored in this volume, we discuss the challenge that different groups face in achieving a satisfactory integration of their work and non-work lives in a context of redundancy, poor job prospects and low pay.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9780230202283
Last Modified:	26 Feb 2025 13:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25818

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