Where Are The Unions?
Workers and Social Movements in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Labour & Industrial Relations, Government, Communism & Socialism
| Author: | Peter Waterman | ISBN: | 9781783609918 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books | Publication: | March 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Waterman |
| ISBN: | 9781783609918 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books |
| Publication: | March 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books |
| Language: | English |
First book to compare the anti-neoliberal uprisings in Latin America (‘Turn to the Left’), the Middle East and North Africa (‘Arab Spring’), and Europe (anti-austerity movements).
Interdisciplinary approach: contributors are activists, journalists and academics; historians, sociologists, anthropologists, literary theorists; and they come from Argentina, Tunisia, Egypt, the UK, Italy, Greece, Spain, Lebanon.
Offers a global perspective on the formation of the precarious workforce.
Explicitly addresses the tension and split between the traditional unions and anarchistic politics.
Looks at state co-option of unions.
First book to compare the anti-neoliberal uprisings in Latin America (‘Turn to the Left’), the Middle East and North Africa (‘Arab Spring’), and Europe (anti-austerity movements).
Interdisciplinary approach: contributors are activists, journalists and academics; historians, sociologists, anthropologists, literary theorists; and they come from Argentina, Tunisia, Egypt, the UK, Italy, Greece, Spain, Lebanon.
Offers a global perspective on the formation of the precarious workforce.
Explicitly addresses the tension and split between the traditional unions and anarchistic politics.
Looks at state co-option of unions.
