Workers' Movements and Strikes in the Twenty-First Century

A Global Perspective
Herausgeber: Nowak, Jörg; Birke, Peter; Dutta, Madhumita

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides students with a comprehensive and critical perspective of theories on global capitalism and workers resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781786604033
• ISBN-10: 1786604035
• Artikelnr.: 50449159

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jörg Nowak; Madhumita Dutta and Peter Birke

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The New Upsurge of Strikes in the Early 21st Century -
Tendencies, Challenges and Limits, Jörg Nowak, Peter Birke and Madhumita
Dutta / 1. Labour Strikes in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia, 1998-2013, Fahmi
Panimbang and Abu Mufakhir / 2. Space and Strike Diffusion in a
Decentralized Authoritarian Country: A Study of the Auto Parts Industry in
South China, Deng Yunxue / 3. Strikes in Vietnam, Mark Anner / 4. Making
Sense of Legality: Everyday Resistance and Survival Tactics by Undocumented
Indian Female Domestic Workers in the United Arabic Emirates, Bindhulakshmi
Pattadath / 5. Against All Odds: Tracing the Struggles of Workers to Form a
Union Inside a Special Economic Zone in Tamil Nadu, India, Madhumita Dutta
/ 6. Mass Strikes in the Brazilian Construction Sector Between 2011 and
2014, Jörg Nowak / 7. Conflicts Around Subcontracted Workers in Chile's
Copper Mining Sector, Antonio Aravena and Mauricio Muñoz / 8. The United
States: Worker Agency and Innovation in the Midst of Crisis, Dave Kamper /
9. Strike Movements and Popular Class Struggles in Burkina Faso, Bettina
Engels / 10. Mass Strikes in Nigeria, 2000-2015: Struggling Against
Neoliberal Hegemony, Femi Aborisade and Drew Povey / 11. Strikes, Bread
Riots and Blockades: Mozambican Workers and Communities in Resistance,
Judith Marshall / 12. The Strike Wave of 2015 in Germany, Peter Birke / 13.
The Politics of Striking: On the Shifting Dynamics of Workers' Struggles in
Britain, Alexander Gallas / 14. Austerity and Labour Resistance: The
Shifting Shape of Strikes in Spain, Nikolai Huke and Olaf Tietje / 15.
Gender and Precarity in Crisis-ridden Greece, Anna Koumandaraki and
Athanasios Tsakiris / 16. The Strike Movement and Labour Protests in
Russia, Elena Gerasimova and Petr Bizyukov / Index / About the Contributors