Where are the unions? : workers and social movements in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe /: workers and social movements in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sian Lazar.
• Editors: Lazar, Sian
• Contents: Introduction -- Sian Lazar Part I: Labour movements, society and the state 1. The Egyptian workers' movement: problems of organisation and politics -- Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny 2. From the grassroots to the presidential palace: Evo Morales and the coca growers' union in Bolivia -- Thomas Grisaffi 3. The labour union movement and 'alternative' culture in Tunisia: the long view of a close relationship -- Mohamed-Salah Omri Part II: Identity and precarity 4. Migrants' struggles? Rethinking citizenship, anti-racism and labour precarity through migration politics in Italy -- Irene Peano 5. The Spanish crisis: from complacency to unrest, from unrest to mobilisation -- Salvador MartL i Puig and Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi 6. What are the possible strategies for the emergence of a democratic and revolutionary labour movement in Lebanon? -- Walid Daou 7. 'To struggle is also to teach': how can teachers and teaching unions further the global fight for another world? -- Mary Compton Part III: Rank and file challenges to traditional unionism 8. 'Ungrievable' labour and 'unruly' politics: NGOS, workers' rights, and the 2013-2014 protests in Brazil -- Lucy McMahon 9. The experience of grassroots syndicalism in Greece: workplace restructuring and the role of traditional trade unions in the tertiary sector -- Aris Anagnostopoulos and Angelos Evangelinidis 10. Dilemmas of trade unionism and the movement of the unemployed under neoliberal and progressive regimes in Argentina -- Virginia Manzano 11. From invisible to invincible: the story of the 3 Cosas Campaign -- Jason Moyer-Lee and Henry Chango Lopez Afterword: bringing manifestos back in? -- Peter Waterman
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.88; Labor unions -- Political activity -- Latin America; Working class -- Political activity -- Latin America; Labor unions -- Political activity -- Middle East; Working class -- Political activity -- Middle East; Labor unions -- Political activity -- Europe; Working class -- Political activity -- Europe; Political science & theory; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Labor unions -- Political activity; Working class -- Political activity; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783609918; 1783609915; 9781783609925; 1783609923; 9781783609932; 1783609931
• Related ISBNs: 9781783609901; 1783609907; 1783609893; 9781783609895
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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