Forces of Labor - Workers'' Movements and Globalization Since 1870

Klappentext This 2003 book analyzes the dynamics of labor movements, introducing a new database on labor unrest events worldwide. Zusammenfassung This 2003 book analyzes the global dynamics of labor movements! introducing a major new database on labor unrest events worldwide from 1870 to 1996. Its purpose is to assess the contemporary crisis of labor movements! but it argues that labor movements need to be studied in a longer historical and wider geographical framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Labor movements and capital mobility; 3. Labor movements and product cycles; 4. Labor movements and world politics; 5. Contemporary dynamics in world-historical perspectives; Appendices; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Beverly J. Silver, Beverly J. (The Johns Hopkins University) Silver
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert H. Bates (Editore), Peter Lange (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.04.2003
• EAN: 9780521817516
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81751-6
• Pagine: 260
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva