{"product_id":"9780312217686","title":"Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalization Alternative Union Models in the New World Order","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Political Economy Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLabour Worldwide in the Era of Globalization\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAlternative Union Models in the New World Order\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Waterman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Industries \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis is an edited collection of items on unionism worldwide, recognising the crisis that an informatised and globalised capitalism implies for work, workers and the trade-union movement. It considers radical alternatives for labour organisation and action in the 21st century. The book includes contributions by informed academics and unionists and proposes alternative union policies or models in relation to the working class(es), to women, democracy, ecology, internationalism.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLAURIE ADKIN Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada\r\nGLENN ADLER Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department and a staff associate of the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg\r\nKIRILL BUKETOV Editor-in-Chief of Rabochaya Politika (Workers Politics\/Labour Policy), Russia\r\nCHRISTOPHER CANDLAND Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Political Science Department at the University of California\r\nANA MARIA CATALANO Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires\r\nAMRITA CHHACHHI Lecturer in Women's Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague\r\nGEORGE DEMARTINO Assistant Professor of International Economics, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver\r\nANDRÉ GORZ considered a prominent post-industrial utopian\r\nRICHARD HYMAN Member of the Industrial Relations Research Unit at the University of Warwick\r\nTHE CONFEDERATION OF JAPAN AUTOMOBILE WORKERS UNIONS (JAW) formed in 1972 and is the confederation of the enterprise-based labour unions of automobile manufacturers\r\nERIC LEE Member of Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel\r\nRENEE PITTIN Associate Professor in the Women and Development Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague\r\nJOSE RICARDO RAMALHO Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\r\nVIC THORPE General Secretary of International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions(ICEM)\r\nEDDIE WEBSTER Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology of Work Unit, University of the Witwatersrand\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 March 1999\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780312217686\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e269\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51219931955340,"sku":"9780312217686","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780312217686.jpg?v=1783031585","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780312217686","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}