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Struggle in a time of crisis /
Essays from the Global Labour Column which highlight the role of labour in the fightback against neoliberalism.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Pluto Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: Understanding the Crisis; 1 Planet Earth is Wage-led! A Simultaneous Increase in the Profit Share by 1 Per Cent-point in the Major Developed and Developing Countries Leads to a 0.36 Per Cent Decline in Global GDP; 2 From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics; 3 State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the UK; 4 Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences.
- 5 T-shirt economics: Labour in the Imperialist World EconomySection 2: Europe in Turmoil; 6 Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika's Austerity Trap; 7 The ECB's Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis; 8 Europe's Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation; 9 The Crisis, Structural Reform and the Fortification of Neoliberalism in Europe; 10 The Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Europe: Some Worrying Trends and Worse May be to Come; Section 3: Exploring Alternatives; 11 Tackling Unemployment and Growing Public Debt; 12 Tax for Equity (T4E): Getting Wages Back on Track.
- 13 The State as the Employer of Last Resort14 'We are Steaming Ahead': NUMSA's Road to the Left; 15 Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards a New Progressive Consensus; Section 4: Resisting Exploitation and Neoliberalism; 16 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Outcome?; 17 Right to Work and Michigan Labour; 18 A Site of Struggle: Organised Labour and Domestic Worker Organising in Mozambique; 19 Constructing an anti-Neoliberal Analysis to Arrive at Truly Alternative Alternatives; 20 The 2012 Strike Wave, Marikana and the History of Rock Drillers in South African Mines.
- Section 5: Good Samaritans? Institutional Responses to Labour Right Abuses21 Where is Decent Work in DfID Policy? Marketisation and Securitisation of UK International Aid; 22 The National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labour in Brazil: A Useful Tool for Unions?; 23 Better Work or 'Ethical Fix'? Lessons from Cambodia's Apparel Industry; 24 Putting Workers' Agency at the Centre in the Indonesian Sportswear Industry; 25 Rana Plaza: Private Governance and Corporate Power in Global Supply Chains; Section 6: 'Workers of the World, Unite': Challenges and Opportunities of Transnational Solidarity.
- 26 Rank and File Participation and International Union Democracy27 Trade Unions, Free Trade and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity; 28 Modelling a Global Union Strategy: The Arena of Global Production Networks, Global Framework Agreements and Trade Union Networks; 29 Trade Unions, Globalisation and Internationalism; 30 Chinese Construction Companies in Africa: A Challenge for Trade Unions; Notes on Contributors; Index.