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Workers' movements and strikes in the twenty-first century : a global perspective /

Workers' movements and strikes in the twenty-first century : a global perspective / edited Jörg Nowak; Madhumita Dutta and Peter Birke. - vii, 314 pages 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the new upsurge of strikes in the early 21st century : tendencies, challenges and limits / Jörg Nowak, Peter Birke and Madhumita Dutta -- Labour strikes in post-authoritarian Indonesia, 1998-2013 / Fahmi Panimbang and Abu Mufakhir -- Space and strike diffusion in a decentralized authoritarian country : a study of the auto parts industry in South China / Deng Yunxue -- Strikes in Vietnam / Mark Anner -- Making sense of legality : everyday resistance and survival tactics by undocumented Indian female domestic workers in the United Arabic Emirates / Bindhulakshmi Pattadath -- Against all odds : tracing the struggles of workers to form a union inside a special economic zone in Tamil Nadu, India / Madhumita Dutta -- Mass strikes in the Brazilian construction sector between 2011 and 2014 / Jörg Nowak -- Conflicts around subcontracted workers in Chile's copper mining sector / Antonio Aravena and Mauricio Muñoz -- The United States : worker agency and innovation in the midst of crisis / Dave Kamper -- Strike movements and popular class struggles in Burkina Faso / Bettina Engels -- Mass strikes in Nigeria, 2000-2015 : struggling against neoliberal hegemony / Femi Aborisade and Drew Povey -- Strikes, bread riots and blockades : Mozambican workers and communities in resistance / Judith Marshall -- The strike wave of 2015 in Germany / Peter Birke -- The politics of striking : on the shifting dynamics of workers' struggles in Britain / Alexander Gallas -- Austerity and labour resistance: the shifting shape of strikes in Spain / Nikolai Huke and Olaf Tietje -- Gender and precarity in crisis-ridden Greece / Anna Koumandaraki and Athanasios Tsakiris -- The strike movement and labour protests in Russia / ELENA GERASIMOVA, PETR BIZYUKOV.

9781786604040 (pbk.)

2017058551


Labor movement--History--21st century.

331.88