| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations |
|
data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Essays from the Global Labour Column which highlight the role of labour in the fightback against neoliberalism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Financial crises.
|
|
Financial crises. |
|
Economic history.
|
|
Economic history. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Pons-Vignon, Nicolas, editor.
|
|
Nkosi, Mbuso, editor.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Struggle in a time of crisis. London, England : Pluto Press, ©2015 xix, 186 pages 9780745336169 |
| ISBN |
9781783717316 (electronic book) |
|
1783717319 (electronic book) |
|
0745336167 |
|
9780745336169 |
|
9781783717323 (electronic book) |
|
1783717327 (electronic book) |
|
9780745336213 Paperback |
|
0745336213 Paperback |
|
