Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis (Studies in Social and Global Justice) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783482788 ISBN 13: 9781783482788

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

Exploring a range of transnational labour movements, the book provides a theory for understanding how collective action succeeds and fails.

About this title

About the Author:

Andreas Bieler is professor of political economy at Nottingham University, UK and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice.
Roland Erne teaches labour relations at University College Dublin, Ireland.
Darragh Golden is a PhD candidate based at the University College Dublin, Ireland.
Idar Helle is historian in the field of European labour movements and industrial relations.
Knut Kjeldstadli is professor of modern history at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Tiago Matos is a PhD candidate in History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Sabina Stan is lecturer in sociology at Dublin City University, Ireland.

Review:

Even though the authors of this volume come from a variety of backgrounds, the editors skillfully provide common conceptual conclusions in the last chapter that are relevant and useful for students, activists, and researchers of trade unionism.... With its emphasis on labor agency at different levels, in different settings, and employing different resources and power, Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis provides a useful framework for sources of power that lead to a new look at structure and agency. The volume is written at a time when global restructuring has undermined trade union’s power resources. Instead of painting a bleak picture, the book does very well at highlighting new avenues for transnational resistance while at the same time emphasising that such solidarity is not a given but stems from concrete actions and struggle. This study of trade unionism should continue to be at the center of academic and public policy debates. (ILR Review)

This volume makes a timely contribution to debates about class and global solidarity. Combining rigorous theoretical analysis with rich empirical data, the importance of the volume is not only in its scholarly contribution, but its engaged approach focusing on how the relationships between labour, new social movements and migrant workers are critical to social justice and potentially wider transformation. (Jane Hardy, Professor of Political Economy, University of Hertfordshire)

In the present situation when old social models are being eroded at the bottom and trade union rights are attacked from above, this book shows the necessity for unions to act as a collective intellectual and to bring together labour migrants and resident wage earners in the same organization. (Roy Pedersen, President of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in Oslo)

A highly original collection drawing upon several disciplines, this book investigates the possibilities of labour exercising agency in a global economy. Ranging over a wide diversity of theories, topics and geographic areas the chapters show where and when labour action shapes the world we live in. An excellent up-to-date engagement with global labour dynamics. (Robert O'Brien, Professor of Global Labour Issues, McMaster University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783482788
• ISBN 13: 9781783482788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Bieler Andreas, Erne Senior Lecturer In Comparative And International Employment Relations Roland, Golden Darragh, Helle Research Fellow Idar, Kjeldstadli Knut, Matos PhD Candidate Tiago, Stan Dublin City University Sabina