Workers and Labour in a Globalised Capitalism
Contemporary Themes and Theoretical Issues
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Workers and Labour in a Globalised Capitalism
Contemporary Themes and Theoretical Issues
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An introduction to work and society for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This new text brings together international experts on work and employment from a range of disciplines to debate key themes and issues related to work in a globalised economy.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Neo-liberal Globalisation and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Labour and Collective Action
PART I: THEORETICAL ISSUES -EXPLAINING THE CENTRALITY OF LABOUR WITHIN CAPITALISM
1.Marx and Marxist Views on Work and the Capitalist Labour Process; David Spencer
2. Theorising the Working Class in Twenty-First Century Global Capitalism; Beverly Silver
3. Who is the Working Class? Wage Earners and Other Labourers; Marcel Van der Linden
4. The Reproduction of Labour Power in the Global Economy and the Unfinished Feminist Revolution; Silvia Federici
PART II: CLASSICAL ISSUES EXPLAINING WORKERS' RESISTANCE AND ORGANISATION
5. The Role of Trade Unions in Building Resistance: Theoretical, Historical and Comparative Perspectives; Ralph Darlington
6. Workers Organising Workers: Grass-roots Struggle as the Past and Future of Trade Union Renewal; Sheila Cohen
7. The Workers' Control Alternative; Maurizio Atzeni
PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES WORKERS' ORGANISAING IN THE GLOBAL WORLD
8. Informal Labour, Factory Labour or the End of Labour? Anthropological Reflections on Labour Value; Massimiliano Mollona
9. New Forms of Labour Conflict: A Transnational Overview; Gregor Gall
10. Labour Migration and Emergent Class Conflict: Corporate Neo-liberalism, Worker Mobility, and Labour Resistance in the US; Immanuel Ness.
PART I: THEORETICAL ISSUES -EXPLAINING THE CENTRALITY OF LABOUR WITHIN CAPITALISM
1.Marx and Marxist Views on Work and the Capitalist Labour Process; David Spencer
2. Theorising the Working Class in Twenty-First Century Global Capitalism; Beverly Silver
3. Who is the Working Class? Wage Earners and Other Labourers; Marcel Van der Linden
4. The Reproduction of Labour Power in the Global Economy and the Unfinished Feminist Revolution; Silvia Federici
PART II: CLASSICAL ISSUES EXPLAINING WORKERS' RESISTANCE AND ORGANISATION
5. The Role of Trade Unions in Building Resistance: Theoretical, Historical and Comparative Perspectives; Ralph Darlington
6. Workers Organising Workers: Grass-roots Struggle as the Past and Future of Trade Union Renewal; Sheila Cohen
7. The Workers' Control Alternative; Maurizio Atzeni
PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES WORKERS' ORGANISAING IN THE GLOBAL WORLD
8. Informal Labour, Factory Labour or the End of Labour? Anthropological Reflections on Labour Value; Massimiliano Mollona
9. New Forms of Labour Conflict: A Transnational Overview; Gregor Gall
10. Labour Migration and Emergent Class Conflict: Corporate Neo-liberalism, Worker Mobility, and Labour Resistance in the US; Immanuel Ness.
Product details
| Published | 25 Nov 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 264 |
| ISBN | 9780230303171 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
| Series | Management, Work and Organisations |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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