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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Hope for Labor in a Neoliberal World; 1. Anthropologists, Activists, and the Labor Movement; Industry; 2. The Gift of Labor: The Town, the Union, and the Corporate State in the Demise of the Swedish Car Industry; 3. Trade Unions, Labor Conflict, and Contested Institutions in the Swiss Construction Industry; 4. Union Power and Transnational Corporations in the Argentine Steel Industry; 5. Agents of Change or Status Quo? Labor NGOs in South China; 6. Labor Struggles in the Shipbuilding Industry of Piraeus. |
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7. The Struggle for Labor Rights in the Maquiladoras of Northern MexicoAgriculture; 8. Growers, Unions, and Farm Laborers in Mexico's Baja California; 9. Policies, Economic Forces, Class Relations, and Unions in Spain's Strawberry Fields; Retail and Service; 10. Subcontracted Employment and the Labor Movement's Response in Turkey; 11. Organized Labor in Contemporary Israeli Retail Chains; 12. National Unions, International Capital, and Bank Workers; Conclusion: Is There Hope in the Neoliberal World of Labor?; Notes on the Authors; Index. |
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"The first-ever collection of labor anthropology from around the world, Uncertain Times addresses the theory that traditional labor union organization has been co-opted by the neoliberal policies of corporate capital and become a member service rather than a driver of social movements"--Provided by publisher |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Business anthropology.
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Business anthropology. |
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Organizational behavior.
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Organizational behavior. |
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Labor unions.
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Labor unions. |
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Labor unions -- Organizing.
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Labor unions -- Organizing. |
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Neoliberalism.
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trade unions. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology. |
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Neoliberalism. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781607326304 1607326302 (DLC) 2017001721 (OCoLC)971333737 |
| ISBN |
9781607326311 (electronic book) |
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1607326310 (electronic book) |
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9781607326304 |
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1607326302 |
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1607326655 |
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9781607326656 |
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