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The Future of Organised Labour

Global Perspectives

by Craig Phelan (Volume editor)
©2007 Edited Collection 404 Pages

Summary

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.

Details

Pages
404
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039113590
Language
English
Keywords
Globalisierung Arbeiterbewegung Zukunft Aufsatzsammlung NGOs Gender Labour Trade union Trade Union Labour Standard Social Justice Scholarly perspective
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2006, 2007. 404 pp.

Biographical notes

Craig Phelan (Volume editor)

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

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