The Ethiopian Labour Movement - Trade Unions, Collective Action, and Contestation, 1960-2020

This book offers a comprehensive history of the Ethiopian labour movement, exploring the impact of trade unions on workers' agency from the 1960s until today. The author analyses the sharp variation in the orientation and vicissitudes of Ethiopian trade unions over time, and how these affected labour conditions and workers' income. Drawing from new data gathered through extensive archival research and interviews in Ethiopia, this book is the first of its kind. It includes new datasets on strikes, unrest, and wage levels, shedding light on how capitalist labour and industrial relations have developed in Ethiopia, a country where formal wage labour has not been the dominant form of labour. Addressing a huge gap in the literature on African labour movements, this book makes a significant contribution to debates on wage determination, and challenges existing assumptions through detailed investigation.

Sommario

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Labour Movement in Imperial Ethiopia: Emergence and Ascent, 1960-1974.- Chapter 3: The Labour Movement in Revolutionary and Socialist Ethiopia: High Tide and Collapse, 1974-1991.- Chapter 4: The Labour Movement in the Federal Republic: New Beginnings, 1991-2020.- Chapter 5: The International Dimension.- Chapter 6: Militant Practices and Effects: Strikes and Wages.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.

Info autore

Samuel Andreas Admasie is based at the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands. Previously, he studied Political Science at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and African Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He has also worked as a research advisor at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and is on the editorial board of the journal, Labor History.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Samuel Andreas Admasie
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2024, ritardato
• EAN: 9783031728402
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3172840-2
• Pagine: 324
• Illustrazioni: XVII, 324 p. 105 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Serie: Labour in History and Society
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Geschichte, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Afrikanische Geschichte, Social History, income, Wages, Economic history, Trade Unions, auseinandersetzen, Industrial Relations, Political Economy, African History, Modern History, Strikes, Labor History, Workers' agency, Capitalist labour, Labour unrest, Ethiopian history, African labour history, Peripheral Capitalism, Labour movements, Wage labour, Labour conditions, Wage determination, Ethiopian trade unions, Imperial Ethiopia