Strikes around the world

case-studies of 15 countries

Strikes around the world
  • Strikes around the world voorkant
  • Strikes around the world achterkant

Are strikes going out of fashion or are they an inevitable feature of working life? This is a longstanding debate. The much-proclaimed withering away of the strike in the 1950s was quickly overturned by the resurgence of class conflict in the late 1960s and 1970s. The period since then has been characterized as one of labor quiescence . Commentators again predict the strike s demise, at least in the former heartlands of capitalism. Patterns of employment are constantly changing and strike activity reflects this. The secular decline of manufacturing in mature industrialized economies is of major importance here (though the global relocation of manufacturing may lead to some relocation of strikes). Simultaneously we see the growth of disputes in the service sector (the tertiarization of strikes). This is evident particularly in public services, including health care, social care and education, and is accompanied by a feminization of strikes, given the prevalence of women working there. This unique study draws on the experience of fifteen countries around the world South Africa, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Covering the high and low points of strike activity over the period 1968 2005, the study shows continuing evidence of the durability, adaptability and necessity of the strike.

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ISBN/EAN 9789048521128
Auteur Sjaak van der Velden
Uitgever Amsterdam University Press
Taal Nederlands
Uitvoering EA
Pagina's 384
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