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Strikes around the world, 1968-2005 : case-studies of 15 countries /
Are strikes going out of fashion or are they an inevitable feature of working life? This is a longstanding debate. The much-proclaimed 'withering away of the strike' in the 1950s was quickly overturned by the 'resurgence of class conflict' in the late 1960s and 1970s. The period...
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Amsterdam : [Edison, NJ] :
Aksant ; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers,
2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Strikes around the world, 1968-2005; Contents; General glossary; Editors' foreword; Introduction; Strike statistics and the problems of international comparison; A racially divided class Strikes in South Africa, 1973-2004; A century of general strikes Strikes in Argentina; Public sector militancy, feminization, and employer aggression Trends in strikes, lockouts, and wildcats in Canada from 1960 to 2004; Strikes in a state corporatist system Mexico; Approaching extinction? The decline of strikes in the United States, 1960-2005; Militant unionism in Korea
- Strikes and lockouts in the Antipodes Neo-liberal convergence in Australia and New ZealandFrom the seventies strike wave to the firstcyber-strike in the twenty-first century Strike activity and labour unrest in Belgium; The persistence of labour unrest Strikes in Denmark, 1969-2005; Strikes in France Strong social eruptions and a weak tradition of collective bargaining; Industrial action in a low-strike country Strikes in Germany 1968-2005; Strikes behind the dykes Netherlands, 1965-2005
- From blue-collar wildcats in the 1970s to public sector resistance at the turn of a new millennium Strikes in Sweden 1970-2005From strike wave to strike drought The United Kingdom, 1968-2005; Comprehending divergence in strike activity Employers' offensives, government interventions and union responses; Contributors