The Future of Organised Labour

Global Perspectives
Herausgegeben:Phelan, Craig

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together many of the today's leading labour scholars to assess the current state and future prospects of organised labour world-wide. It offers analysis of the causes and extent of the movement's current malaise from a variety of vantage points. It provides eight national and regional studies - China, Britain, France, the US, Eastern Europe, Brazil, Ghana and Cameroon - that detail problems faced and the revitalisation strategies trade unions have pursued in response. It also offers fresh scholarly perspectives on a host of pressing labour issues: the extent and impact of global corporate restructuring; the ongoing fight to achieve core labour standards; the enduring importance of gender and diversity; the fortunes of the international labour movement; the relationship between trade unions and NGOs; the intellectual response to organised labour's present predicament; and the role of labour in the global social justice movement. With its expansive focus and interdisciplinary approach, this collection will stand as a starting point for any investigation into the status of organised labour in the contemporary world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11359
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 21mm x 150mm x 220mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9783039113590
• ISBN-10: 3039113593
• Artikelnr.: 26959669

Autorenporträt

The Editor: Craig Phelan is senior lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea. He is editor of the journal Labor History.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Dan Gallin: Foreword - Craig Phelan: The Future of Organised Labour - Bill Dunn: Globalisation, Labour and the State - Mark Anner: The Paradox of Labour Transnationalism: Trade Union Campaigns for Labour Standards in International Institutions - Sue Ledwith: The Future as Female? Gender, Diversity and Global Labour Solidarity - Ronaldo Munck: Globalisation, Labour and the 'Polanyi Problem' - Peter Waterman: Trade Unions, NGOs, and Global Social Justice: Another Tale to Tell - Rob Lambert: An Early Phase of Transition: Global Corporations and the Reconfiguration of Trade Union Power - Steve Jefferys: Forward to the Past? Ideology and Trade Unionism in France and Britain - Dan Clawson: US Labour and the Neoliberal Challenge: Destruction or a New Upsurge? - Anita Chan: Realities and Possibilities for Chinese Trade Unionism - David Ost: After Postcommunism: Legacies and the Future of Unions in Eastern Europe - Andréia Galvão: Trade Unions and Neoliberal Politics in Brazil - Piet Konings: African Trade Unions and the Challenge of Globalisation: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Cameroon.