Format:
1 online resource (326 pages)
ISBN:
9783030053758
Series Statement:
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy Ser.
Content:
Intro -- EU Disclaimer -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 On the Structure of This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: A New Theory of Strikes: Moving Beyond Eurocentrism -- 2.1 Three Classics of Strike Analysis -- 2.1.1 The Classic Line: Ross and Hartman -- 2.1.2 The Work of Richard Hyman: Dissecting Trade Unionism -- 2.1.3 Workers' Forms of Organisation and the Labour Process: Michael Burawoy and Paul Edwards -- 2.1.4 Conclusion -- 2.2 An Alternative Line: Mass Strikes, Unofficial Strikes, Social Movement Unionism -- 2.2.1 Rosa Luxemburg's Account of Mass Strikes -- 2.2.1.1 Mass Strikes Mobilise Unorganised Workers and Encourage New Forms of Organisation -- 2.2.1.2 The Role of the Working Class in Late Developing Social Formations -- 2.2.1.3 Interpretation -- 2.2.2 'Unofficial' Strikes -- 2.2.3 Social Movement Theories -- 2.2.3.1 Conclusion -- 2.2.4 Social Movement Unionism -- 2.2.4.1 Conclusion -- 2.3 Labour Geography -- 2.4 The Spatial Patterns of Mass Strikes -- References -- Chapter 3: The Political Economy of Mass Strikes in the Global Crisis -- 3.1 The Rise of Global Production Networks, Unequal Exchange and the Informality-Precarity Nexus -- 3.1.1 Immiserising Growth and the Restructuring of Work -- 3.2 The Effect of the Global Economic Crisis and the Long Recession on Emerging Economies -- 3.3 Strikes and Economic Cycles -- 3.3.1 Strikes Waves and Comparative Research -- References -- Chapter 4: A Protracted Struggle: Strikes in the Automobile Sector in India -- 4.1 The Automobile Sector and the Indian Economy -- 4.2 Maruti Suzuki -- 4.2.1 The Conflict in 2011 and 2012 -- 4.2.1.1 2011: Two Strikes and One Lockout -- 4.2.1.2 2012: Union Registration and a Factory Riot -- 4.2.1.3 The Aftermath -- 4.2.2 The Forms of Organisation -- 4.2.2.1 The Internal Organisation of the Union.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030053741
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nowak, Jörg, 1973 - Mass strikes and social movements in Brazil and India Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 ISBN 9783030053741
Language:
English
Keywords:
Indien
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Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
;
Streik
;
Brasilien
;
Bauwirtschaft
;
Streik
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