4,179円 Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urb...

4,179円 This seminal work tells the story of Ghana's gold miners, one of the oldest and most militant groups of workers in Africa. It is a story of struggle against exploitative mining companies, repressive governments and authoritarian trade union leaders. Drawing on a wide range of original sources, in...

3,544円 Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned t...

5,701円 The market places and street corners of Dar es Salaam are home to a thriving informal economy of street vendors selling secondhand clothing and other goods. These street vendors often live a precarious existence, under pressure from state authorities and international markets. In addition to thes...

4,433円 The start of the twenty-first century has been marked by global demands for economic justice. From the pink tide and Arab spring to Occupy and anti-austerity, the last twenty years have witnessed the birth of a new type of mass mobilisation. Where Are The Unions? compares, for the first time, the...

1,300円 Salarios de miseria, horas extra sin remunerar, pluriempleo y jornadas parciales, falta de tiempo para conciliación familiar u ocio, ansiedad –tantas veces devenida en depresión–, accidentes laborales, consumo de anfetaminas para rendir, indefensión ante los abusos empresariales, temporalidad, of...

903円 Fruto de casi siete años de investigaciones, este trabajo del historiador Pablo Vagliente se centra en un caso, Córdoba, y un período, 1850-1930, decisivos para entender el zigzagueante curso de la historia argentina en el siglo XX. Lo hace desde un aspecto menos frecuentado, el de la sociedad ci...

2,917円 This collection brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It shows how, with deep roots in the antebellum era of chattel slavery, West Virginia’s Black working class gradually picked up steam du...

5,440円 A new history of globalization and empire at the crossroads of the Pacific. Located halfway between Hawai‘i and Australia, the islands of Samoa have long been a center of Oceanian cultural and economic exchange. Accustomed to exercising agency in trade and diplomacy, Samoans found themselves enme...

4,006円 This book explores the representation of women and their interests in the world of work across four trade unions in France and the UK. Drawing on case studies of the careers of 100 activists and a longitudinal study of the trade unions' struggle for equal pay in the UK, it unveils the social, org...

1,550円 In Ohne Macht und Mandat diskutiert Wilhelm Haller (1935-2004) Gerechtigkeit in unserem Wirtschaftssystem und in unserer Gesellschaft. Dabei bringt er ganz originelle Lösungsansätze ins Spiel, die sich auf einer fast ganz vergessenen Idee basieren. Bekannt als Erfinder von der Gleitzeit und als A...

1,400円 Desde o fim do século XX, o sistema capitalista tem reiterado incessantemente o discurso sobre a necessidade de "adaptações" e "mudanças" nas relações de trabalho. Em "É tudo novo", de novo, o professor de economia Vitor Filgueiras analisa essa narrativa das "grandes transformações", tão repetida...