The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how an entirely new...

A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing...

Examines the status of trade unions in contemporary China, exploring the degree to which trade unions have been reformed as China is integrated into the global economy. With empirical research data, this book discusses the key question of how autonomous China's trade unions are

Solidarity:The Great Workers Strike of 1980 tells the story of this pivotal period in Poland's history from the perspective of those who lived it. Through unique personal interviews with the individuals who helped breathe life into the Solidarity movement, Michael Szporer brings home the...

Historically, Latin American political regimes have sought to postpone far-reaching economic reforms and improvements in living standards in order to facilitate the accumulation of private capital. These goals have led to exclusion of the lower classes from the political process altogether or to...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Marketization trends and trade unions in the health sectors -- 2. Marketization, opportunity structures, and local-level...

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Light Horse Interchange -- 1 'Back to the basics': Elections and enterprise bargaining, 1989-93 -- 2 'The best decision the membership ever made': The NUW amalgamation ballot and the 'logistics...