Declining membership levels in industrialised and emerging economies have generated debate about the role and potential impact of trade unions and the most appropriate strategies for union renewal. In post-conflict countries within Africa, a re-evaluation of the trade union role is particularly...

Most labour scholars view the unionised share of the labour market, union density, as the movement’s primary source of power. Conversely, social movement scholars usually consider power embedded in disruption, organisational networks, resources, or political opportunities. Although many...

In this article we explore the question of how as sociologists of work we might research those who constitute the substance of our labour process. We approach this question through an examination of the new management practices debate, principally in the labour movement where a distinctive and...

Presents a short history of the labour and the cooperative movements. Compares the situations of workers of the organized sector with that of the unorganized sector. Proposes a joint strategy to be undertaken by unions and cooperatives.

Using a CGE model (PRCGEM) updated to 2002, the paper explores how WTO membership could affect earnings in 40 industries across 31 regions (and 8 regional blocks) of China during the period 2002–2007. Taking into account labour movement between regions within China, the direct contribution of...

This paper reviews India’s experience to understand how services sector liberalisation can generate (welfare) gains for developing countries, in particular vis-à-vis its employment generation potential. The analysis has been based on India’s experience of an increasingly open service sector...

Ökonomen und Entwicklungstheoretiker haben sich mit dem Dienstleistungssektor lange schwer getan. Die Wertschöpfung der Dienstleistungen liegt in den Industrie- und Entwicklungsländern im Durchschnitt weit höher als der Beitrag anderer Sektoren. Ende der achtziger Jahre betrug der Anteil der...