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Cornell University Press Organizing at the Margins
Book SynopsisThe realities of globalization have produced a surprising reversal in the focus and strategies of labor movements around the world. After years of neglect and exclusion, labor organizers are recognizing both the needs and the importance of immigrants and women employed in the growing ranks of low-paid and insecure service jobs. In Organizing at the Margins, Jennifer Jihye Chun focuses on this shift as it takes place in two countries: South Korea and the United States. Using comparative historical inquiry and in-depth case studies, she shows how labor movements in countries with different histories and structures of economic development, class formation, and cultural politics embark on similar trajectories of change. Chun shows that as the base of worker power shifts from those who hold high-paying, industrial jobs to the formerly unorganizable, labor movements in both countries are employing new strategies and vocabularies to challenge the assault of neoliberal globalization Trade ReviewOrganizing at the Margins successfully points to the importance of extralegal tactics used in campaigns seeking to redefine the working conditions of low-wage contract and subcontracted employees who lack the legal protections afforded to regularly employed workers. This well-organized book lays the theoretical and methodological groundwork for further cross-national analyses of campaigns that use symbolic leverage in support of the struggles of marginalized workers. * American Journal of Sociology *In an excellent work, Jennifer Jihye Chun compares concrete cases of labour organization by marginalized workers in these two different countries and situates them within the context of broader shifts in power between labour, capital and the state. * Pacific Affairs *Jennifer Jihye Chun's comparison of two seemingly very different labor movements—the militant Korean movement on the one hand and the bureaucratic U.S. movement on the other—reveals striking similarities in their leverage of power for the powerless. In Organizing at the Margins, Chun skillfully examines how and under what conditions marginalized workers successfully challenge their employment status. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Jennifer Jihye Chun's rigorous methodology incorporates a masterful blend of comparative historical and ethnographic approaches and her writing is lucid and fine-grained. This book reveals eye-opening connections and parallels between the South Korean and U.S. labor movements’ responses to the erosion of workers’ rights in the face of neoliberal globalization policies. It is a must-read for scholars of labor and labor movements, as well as an engaging text that will provoke students to think about how ideas of justice and morality are forged through protest, state policies, and public sentiments. * Contemporary Sociology *This book comprises a fascinating comparison of the seemingly incomparable—namely, labor movement strategies to organize marginalized service sector workers in the United States and South Korea. Chun draws on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of classification struggle and symbolic power to provide a substantial theoretical understanding of new forms of struggle in a way that I have not seen done elsewhere; in doing this she demonstrates the value of bringing new theoretical perspectives to bear on labor studies, a field sorely in need of this. * Global Labour Journal *Table of Contents1. The Symbolic Leverage of Labor 2. Employer and State Offensives against Unionized Workers 3. Reconstructing the Marginalized Workforce 4. Social Movement Legacies and Organizing the Marginalized 5. What Is an "Employer"? Organizing Subcontracted University Janitors 6. What Is a "Worker"? Organizing Independently Contracted Home Care Workers and Golf Caddies 7. Dilemmas of Organizing Workers at the MarginsNotes Bibliography Index
£32.40
Cornell University Press The State of Working America 20082009
Book SynopsisThe State of Working America, prepared biennially since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, taxes, unemployment, wealth, and poverty.
£97.20
MB - Cornell University Press Failure by Design
Book SynopsisExplaining the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failure since the 1920s.Trade ReviewBivens succeeds at exposing the 'cracked foundation' of the economy...: falling wages, assaults on unionism, globalization for workers and insulation for elites, the rise of the nonproductive financial sector, and the abandonment of full employment as a policy target. In graph after carefully and simply explained graph, Bivens walks the reader through the historical trajectory of these and other economic developments that have come to define the current situation. -- Cecilio Morales * America *In this useful and timely work, Bivens provides an assessment that will clarify for many the widely held view that the current 'great recession' need not have occurred but rather was due to government policy errors. These included minimum wage erosion by inflation; weakening of laws governing unions and collective bargaining; globalization that benefitted the already privileged; and slow growth of wages and income at the middle of the income distribution.... Summing up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword by Lawrence MishelI. The Great Recession: The Damage Done and the Rot RevealedII. The Great Recession's Trigger: Housing Bubble Leads to Jobs Crisis Fallout: The Job Market Fallout: Broader Measures of Economic Security—Poverty, Health Insurance, and Net WealthIII. The Policy Response to the Great Recession: What Was Done, and Did It Work? The Dynamics of the Great Recession Recovery Act Controversies: What Was in It? Recovery Act Controversies: Did It Work at All? Recovery Act Controversies: Why Has Consumer and Not Government Spending Led the Recovery? IV. The Great Recession Ended More Than a Year Ago—So, "Mission Accomplished"? Apathy, Not Overreach Exchange Rate Policy Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy Clear Economics, Fuzzy Politics V. The Cracked Foundation Revealed by the Great Recession Falling Minimum Wage Assault on Workers' Right to Organize Global Integration for America's Workers and Insulation for Elites The Rise of Finance Abandoning Full Employment as a Target You Get the Economy You Choose Incomes in the 30 Years before the Great Recession: Growing Slower and Less Equal Is Everybody Getting Richer but the Rich Are Just Getting Richer Faster? Why Have Typical Families' Incomes and Overall Economic Growth De-linked? The Arithmetic of Rising Inequality: Falling Wage Growth for Most American Workers The Economics of Rising Inequality Lower Wage Growth Did Not Buy Greater Economic Security or Sustained Progress in Closing Racial Gaps How Did American Families Cope with Lower Wage Gowth and Rising Insecurity?VI. Where to from Here?Bibliography About EPI About the Author The State of Working America Website
£18.04
Cornell University Press From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization
Book SynopsisIn From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society.Trade ReviewKuruvilla et al. chart the journey from employment security—known as the 'iron rice bowl' in colloquial Chinese—to informalization in 10 chapters. This sad tale is standard fare in the global labour studies literature, but the underlying arguments in this book are more nuanced and at times controversial.... This book... [is a] valuable addition to the Chinese labour relations canon. Kuruvilla et. al. point the way to further research opportunities.... -- Tim Pringle * British Journal of Industrial Relations *Table of Contents1. Introduction and Argument Mary E. Gallagher, Ching Kwan Lee, and Sarosh KuruvillaPart I: Informalization and the State2. The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market Albert Park and Fang Cai3. Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China Mary E. Gallagher and Baohua Dong4. Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity Mark W. FrazierPart II: Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries5. Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries Kun-Chin Lin6. The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry Lu Zhang7. Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry Sarah SwiderPart III: Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers8. "Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment Mingwei Liu9. The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China Ching Kwan Lee and Yuan Shen10. Conclusion Mary E. Gallagher, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Ching Kwan LeeNotes References Notes on Contributors Index
£36.10
MB - Cornell University Press Labor Guide to Labor Law
Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey of labor law in the private sector, written from the labor perspective for labor relations students and for unions and their members, now in its fifth edition.Trade ReviewLabor Guide to Labor Law admirably covers the highly complex field of labor law. * Labor Relations Law *This book is a well-written, concise, and understandable tool by which the layperson can gain a serious understanding of the legal aspects of contemporary labor relations. * Arbitration Journal *Table of ContentsPreface About the Fifth Edition How to Find a Case: A Guide to Basic Case Resources and Understanding Case and Statutory Citation FormatsChapter 1. Federal Regulation of Labor-Management Relations: A Statutory and Structural Overview Chapter 2. The Collective Bargaining Unit and Representation Elections Chapter 3. Union Organizing Rights and Election Campaigns Chapter 4. Protection of Employees' Rights to Concerted Activity and to Support Unions Chapter 5. The Duty to Bargain Chapter 6. Strikes, Striker Rights, and Lockouts Chapter 7. Picketing, Boycotts, and Related Activity Chapter 8. Union Regulation of Work and the Antitrust Laws: Hot Cargo Agreements, Jurisdictional Disputes, and Featherbedding Chapter 9. Enforcement of Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Duty to Arbitrate Chapter 10. Union Membership and Union Security Chapter 11. Rights and Responsibilities of Union Members Chapter 12. The Duty of Fair Representation Chapter 13. Unlawful Employer Relationships with Unions Chapter 14. Equal Employment Opportunity Chapter 15. Federal-State Relationships in Labor RelationsAnswers to Review QuestionsAbout the Authors Index
£71.10
Cornell University Press They Never Come Back
Book SynopsisFor Mexicans on both sides of the border, the migrant experience has changed significantly over the past two decades. In They Never Come Back, Frans J. Schryer draws on the experiences of indigenous people from a region in the Mexican state of Guerrero to explore the impact of this transformation on the lives of migrants. When handicraft production was able to provide a viable alternative to agricultural labor, most migrants would travel to other parts of Mexico to sell their wares. Others opted to work for wages in the United States, returning to Mexico on a regular basis.This is no longer the case. At first almost everyone, including former craft vendors, headed north; however it also became more difficult to go back home and then reenter the United States. One migrant quoted by Schryer laments, Before I was an artisan and free to travel all over Mexico to sell my crafts. Here we are all locked in a box and cannot get out. NAFTA, migrant labor legislation, and more sTrade ReviewWritten for a wide audience, They Never Come Back will make a timely and engaging addition to undergraduate courses on globalization, Mexico, labor migration, and U.S. immigration politics.... The book especially shines in its description of small-town life in rural Mexico, a critical part of the migration equation that is missing from most migration scholarship. Another strength of the book is a clear and concise writing style, which makes it accessible to a broad audience that includes students.... They Never Come Back tackles some big issues, telling the stories of a small group of people with broader lessons about continuity and change, tradition and adaptation and workers' daily struggles to survive. -- Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz * Journal of Anthropological Research *As the current national attention continues to focus on undocumented workers, this book will prove to be an accessible aid to general readers hoping to gain insight into the world of these workers. Schryer (emer., Univ. of Guelph, Canada) rightly points to the fact that though the economic integration of goods and capital has made tremendous progress in US-Mexico relations, people moving across the border have been the victims of a dysfunctional immigration policy. This dysfunction resultsin enormous human cost and consequences on both sides of the border; families and children experience great personal trauma, especially the undocumented who live in the shadow of fear. Through anecdotes from the lives of people of the Altos Balsas region of Mexico, Schryer illustrates the push and pull factors that have created the situation of the undocumented worker and the benefits to rural Mexican villages where migrant dollars help sustain local economies. A human account of the anguish and life journeys of undocumented workers, the book is written in an accessible manner, which will serve both readers and policy makers well as they try to peer behind the statistics and polemics surrounding the policy response to undocumented workers in the US. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Happened to the Mexican Miracle? 2. "Struggling to Get Ahead" 3. "No One Lives There" 4. "I Feel Sorry for Them" 5. "It Used to Be Easy to Cross the Border" 6. "In the United States All You Do Is Work" 7. "For Me It Is about the Same" 8. "Mexicans Are Good Workers" 9. "We Can Never Hang Out with Our Friends" 10. "They Only Send You Back if You Are Bad" 11. "We Must Carry On Our Ancestors' Traditions" 12. "I Don’t Have Much in Common with My Cousin" 13. The System Is BrokenSuggested Readings and References Acknowledgments
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Cinema of Globalization
Book SynopsisTom Zaniello's fascinating new guide to films about globalization—its origins, its relationship with colonialism, neocolonialism, the growth of migratory labor, and movements to counter or protest its adverse effects—offers readers and viewers the...Trade ReviewA clear and easy-to-navigate survey of films dealing with different aspects of globalization.... Strongly geared to educators, programmers and other concerned citizens, the main value of The Cinema of Globalization is simply in alerting the reader to the wealth of material that is out there awaiting discovery. The individual entries are generally informative on the content of films and the key issues covered.... It is a wonderful resource for dipping into and finding what you didn't know you were looking for. -- Catherine Lupton * Vertigo *It was bound to happen. A societal trend gathers enough steam to warrant not just one movie or a handful of films, but an entire genre. Just so you think the genre didn't begin and end with Dirty Pretty Things, Tom Zaniello, has assembled an eminently workable guide to more than 200 films where globalization and the mobile market for human capital registers in the plot. Zaniello doesn't offer his own thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Rather, he gives a rather dispassionate plot summary and includes at least one article on the film-often, a published critical review-that prospective viewers can read for further context and insight. Zaniello points to additional literature on the broad subject areas of the filmmakers, as well as a topical index at book's end. Not surprisingly, Wal-Mart merits its own citation, one of the largest in the index. This could be an indispensable reference work for an eyes-open labor studies program. A credit course would be feasible, either on globalization films, or on labor films, based on Zaniello's earlier work. Or these could be extra-credit options. This would also serve as a terrific resource if students wanted to start a film discussion group, since distribution details for virtually every film listed are included. * Labor Studies Journal *
£25.64
Cornell University Press Maid to Order in Hong Kong
Book SynopsisMiddle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for foreign domestic workers has soared. A decade ago some foretold the decline in foreign workers and the influx of mainland workers. But today over 120,000 women from the Philippines, over...Trade ReviewThis ethnography is an indisputable contribution to both Asian studies and anthropology and a pioneering work in the field of transnational migration studies. I strongly recommend this lively and readable study of the complex lives of domestic workers in Hong Kong as a textbook for use in a variety of classes. * American Ethnologist *An ethnography with a twist, in that it portrays the domestic workers in their own terms, speaking for themselves through their experiences and reactions, including the strategies of resistance developed by the workers. * China Journal *Constable undertakes extensive naturalistic and participant observation.... The interviews are lively, presenting an array of experiences. * China Quarterly *Maid to Order in Hong Kong is a stimulating and compellingly written book. * American Anthropologist *The combination of analyses of the social structural forms of domination and the individual forms of resistance makes Constable's work insightful and useful. * Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society *This book contains rich qualitative data and provides sophisticated analysis of the plights, resistance, and accommodation of domestic workers. The writing is highly engaging. I strongly recommend it to students of qualitative methodology, gender and migration studies, as well as to all those who are interested in agency and contestations of women, and who care about the struggles of the disadvantaged. -- Catherine C. H. Chiu * Work and Occupations *
£22.79
Cornell University Press Unexpected Power
Book SynopsisU.S. human rights advocacy has long focused on civil and political rights-issues such as torture, censorship, and lack of democratic freedoms abroad. In the 1990s a series of high-profile anti-sweatshop and fair-trade campaigns shifted the spotlight...Trade ReviewIn her analysis of transnational advocacy campaigns around labor and economic rights within the broader human rights advocacy frame-work, Shareen Hertel emphasizes the ability of activists within countries and their transnational allies to impact and even shift the agendas of the campaigns. Hertel uses two high profile transnational advocacy campaigns to expand our understanding of the mechanisms in the evolution of norms and framing of human rights claims within such campaigns. Delivering a multifaceted explanation of the genesis and evolution of both campaigns, Hertel synthesizes rationalist, structural, and social movement analyses. Drawing upon Jonathan Fox's work, Hertel evaluates the effects of both campaigns with almost a decade's distance. In the end, she draws the conclusion that blocking produces more significant changes than backdoor movements. * Mobilization *
£24.69
Cornell University Press Transnational Tortillas
Book SynopsisReveals how management regimes and company policy on each side of the U.S.-Mexico border apply different strategies to exploit their respective workforces' vulnerabilities.Trade ReviewTransnational Tortillas is a case study of two tortilla factories owned by the same company but located across the U.S.-Mexico border from each other. This transnational company organizes labor control differently in the two social and political contexts: The Mexican factory deploys a 'gender regime,' employing young women on the factory floor under the sexist supervision of men; while the U.S. factory uses an 'immigration regime,' employing undocumented Mexican men for the worst jobs and the night shift and Mexican American men (who are U.S. citizens) for the better jobs, some of which are unionized. -- Christine L. Williams * Gender & Society *Carolina Bank Munoz has written a passionate, polemical, but scrupulously objective volume on the intersection of race, gender, and class in two tortilla factories located on opposite sides of the United States–Mexico border in California. -- Julio César Pino * Enterprise & Society *The ethnographic data presented in Transnational Tortillas are impressive. The authorobserved workplace practices in both factory sites and interviewed managers and workers, giving us an insight not only into the mundanities of workplace practice on the production lines of a transnational tortilla firm, but also providing a look at the everyday lives of the workers themselves. -- Juanita Elias * International Studies Review *Ultimately, Bank Munoz has woven together admirably the macro, meso, and micro levels of state policies, labor markets, and workplace dynamics, producing a well-written, accessible, and fascinating account of exploitation and resistance among tortilla workers along the border. Transnational Tortillas should be of considerable value to scholars and students of labor, immigration, and global production. -- Gretchen Purser * Contemporary Sociology *Table of Contents1. The Tortilla Behemoth and Global Production 2. The Political Economy of Corn and Tortillas 3. A Tale of Two Countries: Immigration Policy and Globalization in the United States and Mexico 4. Hacienda CA: Immigration Regime 5. Hacienda BC: Gender Regime 6. Fighting Back? Resistance in the Age of Neoliberalism 7. Shop-Floor Politics in the Twenty-First Century
£22.79
Cornell University Press European Unions
Book SynopsisRoland Erne''s view of transnational trade union networks challenges the assertion that no realistic prospect exists for remedying the European Union''s democratic deficitthat is, its domination by corporate interests and lack of a cohesive European people. His book describes the emergence of a European trade union movement that crosses national boundaries. Erne assesses national and EU-level trade union politics in two core areas: wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union and job protection during transnational corporate mergers and restructuring. The wage coordination policies of the European metal and construction workers'' unions and the unions'' responses in the ABB-Alstom Power and Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup merger cases, Erne finds, show that the activities of labor are not confined to the national level: labor''s policies have undergone Europeanization. This cross-national borrowing of tactics is itself proof of the increasing integration of European states and societies.Trade ReviewEuropean Unions is a very useful, well-constructed, and welcome contribution to a growing literature on the coordination of unions at the European level and is particularly valuable for its case studies. Erne handles the complexities of his subject well, applies his theoretical framework in a convincing way, and provides enough well-marshaled detail to persuade the reader of at least parts of his case. * Industrial Relations *Erne provides strong empirical evidence that unions not only are affected by European integration but also affect future EU developments through their actions. Erne provides readers with a timely and useful analysis of the ways that economic integration is changing the power resources of organized labor in Europe, the types of strategies unions have developed in response, and the role that labor may play in shaping the political development of the EU down the road. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Erne's pertinent study of European trade unionism is a sophisticated, nuanced examination of organized labor's attempt to create a transnational democracy in the EU. * Choice *Though European Unions is several years old, the book's discussion and analytic considerations relating to citizenry, democracy, collective action and bargaining, and governance remain topical. Indeed, the book's central claims are worth revisiting considering the trade union and labor resistance to austerity measures being implemented throughout Europe today. * Critical Sociology *Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I. Analytical Framework2. Approaching Euro-Democracy and Its Alternatives3. Do Unions Have an Interest in Euro-Democratization?Part II. European Labor Wage-Bargaining Strategies4. Wage Policy and the European Monetary Union5. The Rise of National Competitive Corporatism6. European Wage-Bargaining Coordination Networks: Insights from the Manufacturing and the Construction Industry7. Beyond Competitive Corporatism?: Insights from Germany, France, and ItalyPart III. Responses by Labor to Transnational Company Mergers8. The European Regulation of Transnational Company Mergers9. A Euro-Democratization Union Strategy: The ABB Alstom Power Case10. A Euro-Technocratization Union Strategy: The Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup Case11. ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£20.69
Cornell University Press The Triangle Fire
Book SynopsisLeon Stein's gripping narrative of the Triangle tragedy is one of the classics of American history. As the grandson of a onetime Triangle seamstress, I salute the reissue of a book that anyone who cares about labor, past or present, should read.Michael Kazin, Georgetown University, author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History and other booksPraise for the 1962 editionStein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication.New York Times Book ReviewWith commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration.Library JournalStein... suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product ofTrade ReviewStein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication. * New York Times Book Review *Stein suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business. * The New Yorker *With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsForeword to the Centennial Edition By Michael HirschIntroduction to the 2001 Cornell Edition: "Who Will Protect the Working Girl?" By William GreiderPart I 1. Fire 2. Trap 3. Eighth 4. Tenth 5. Ninth 6. Escape 7. Night 8. Day 9. MorguePart II 10. Guilt 11. Help 12. Protest 13. Dirge 14. Shirtwaist 15. Protection 16. Justice 17. Phoenix 18. FirePostscript IndexNew to the Centennial Edition: Triangle Fire Victims Compiled by Michael Hirsch This is the definitive list of the people who died in the Triangle Fire, and includes their likely age and address at the time of their death, sex, birth country, religion, and final resting place.
£16.14
MB - Cornell University Press A Company of One Insecurity Independence and the
Book SynopsisSurveying the new culture of corporate employment and unemployment.Trade Review"A Company of One is a commendable addition to the growing literature on the New Economy. Carrie Lane makes her contribution by focusing on the ideologies and internal thought processes of workers affected by tumultuous employment and the emphasis on career managementrather than just on the documentation of those trends... A Company of One is smoothly writtenwell organized and a pleasure to read... Lane accomplishes what she set out to dowhich was to detail how individuals wrap their minds around tumultuous employment and march on." —Kathryn DensbergerUniversity of Richmond, * The British Sociological Association *In A Company of One, Carrie Lane reveals ways in which unemployed technology workers seek to manage the uncharted territory between jobs. She documents the strategies these workers use and analyzes the cultural logic through which they understand unemployment. Her analysis reveals the contradictions of an ideology of independence that obscures structural disadvantage and impedes recognition of broader relations of power.... Historically and geographically situated, this book helps to explain the resilience of individualism. Ideas about work, Lane shows, can withstand considerable challenge and yet continue to inform both meaning and action. -- Debra Osnowitz * British Journal of Industrial Relations *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Fortitude, Faith, and the Free Market 1. Silicon Prairie 2. A Company of One 3. The Hardest Job You'll Ever Have 4. Rituals of Unemployment 5. Man Enough to Let My Wife Support Me EpilogueNotes Bibliography Index
£36.87
Cornell University Press Organizing at the Margins
Book SynopsisLabor organizers now recognize both the needs and the importance of immigrants and women employed in the growing ranks of low-paid and insecure service jobs. This book compares the experiences of these groups in South Korea and the US.Trade ReviewOrganizing at the Margins successfully points to the importance of extralegal tactics used in campaigns seeking to redefine the working conditions of low-wage contract and subcontracted employees who lack the legal protections afforded to regularly employed workers. This well-organized book lays the theoretical and methodological groundwork for further cross-national analyses of campaigns that use symbolic leverage in support of the struggles of marginalized workers. * American Journal of Sociology *In an excellent work, Jennifer Jihye Chun compares concrete cases of labour organization by marginalized workers in these two different countries and situates them within the context of broader shifts in power between labour, capital and the state. * Pacific Affairs *Jennifer Jihye Chun's comparison of two seemingly very different labor movements—the militant Korean movement on the one hand and the bureaucratic U.S. movement on the other—reveals striking similarities in their leverage of power for the powerless. In Organizing at the Margins, Chun skillfully examines how and under what conditions marginalized workers successfully challenge their employment status. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Jennifer Jihye Chun's rigorous methodology incorporates a masterful blend of comparative historical and ethnographic approaches and her writing is lucid and fine-grained. This book reveals eye-opening connections and parallels between the South Korean and U.S. labor movements’ responses to the erosion of workers’ rights in the face of neoliberal globalization policies. It is a must-read for scholars of labor and labor movements, as well as an engaging text that will provoke students to think about how ideas of justice and morality are forged through protest, state policies, and public sentiments. * Contemporary Sociology *This book comprises a fascinating comparison of the seemingly incomparable—namely, labor movement strategies to organize marginalized service sector workers in the United States and South Korea. Chun draws on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of classification struggle and symbolic power to provide a substantial theoretical understanding of new forms of struggle in a way that I have not seen done elsewhere; in doing this she demonstrates the value of bringing new theoretical perspectives to bear on labor studies, a field sorely in need of this. * Global Labour Journal *Table of Contents1. The Symbolic Leverage of Labor 2. Employer and State Offensives against Unionized Workers 3. Reconstructing the Marginalized Workforce 4. Social Movement Legacies and Organizing the Marginalized 5. What Is an "Employer"? Organizing Subcontracted University Janitors 6. What Is a "Worker"? Organizing Independently Contracted Home Care Workers and Golf Caddies 7. Dilemmas of Organizing Workers at the MarginsNotes Bibliography Index
£18.89
Cornell University Press The Thought of Work
Book SynopsisWhat is work? Is it simply a burden to be tolerated or something more meaningful to one''s sense of identity and self-worth? And why does it matter? In a uniquely thought-provoking book, John W. Budd presents ten historical and contemporary views of work from across the social sciences and humanities. By uncovering the diverse ways in which we conceptualize worksuch as a way to serve or care for others, a source of freedom, a source of income, a method of psychological fulfillment, or a social relation shaped by class, gender, race, and powerThe Thought of Work reveals the wide-ranging nature of work and establishes its fundamental importance for the human experience. When we work, we experience our biological, psychological, economic, and social selves. Work locates us in the world, helps us and others make sense of who we are, and determines our access to material and social resources.By integrating these distinct views, Budd replaces the usual fragmentary approachesTrade ReviewBudd does an excellent job of describing how work has utterly triumphed among us... but also confronts the issue of the deeply and widely held view that work no longer offers food for the soul and that many people's experience of paid employment is characterized by a radical loss of meaningfulness beyond its obvious and fundamental functionality. -- Paul Gilfillan * Work, Employment & Society *John W. Budd's The Thought of Work provides a much needed and highly eloquent statement of the meanings and orientations to work across time and nations. It is essential reading for students of work from senior scholars to beginning undergraduates. -- Randy Hodson, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral SciencesThe Ohio State University and past editor, * American Sociological Review *This is a really useful and important book for anyone working or especially teaching in the field of employment studies.... The book can be used in a number of ways and at different levels to teach about work. It is, for example, an excellent way to introduce students to the general subject matter of economic life. Importantly, it invites the reader to think in theoretical, conceptual and at times philosophical ways about work.... Budd and his publisher are to be congratulated on producing a text that will be an invaluable resource for teachers and students of sociology, philosophy, management and business, as well as other disciplines. The book deserves to be a staple on any self-respecting critical reading list on work and employment. The Thought of Work is part of a real renaissance in the interdisciplinary study of work and is to be applauded. -- Tim Strangleman * British Journal of Industrial Relations *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Work as a Curse 2. Work as Freedom 3. Work as a Commodity 4. Work as Occupational Citizenship 5. Work as Disutility 6. Work as Personal Fulfillment 7. Work as a Social Relation 8. Work as Caring for Others 9. Work as Identity 10. Work as Service Conclusion: Work MattersNotes Index
£21.24
Cornell University Press Rebuilding Poland
Book SynopsisThe first book to examine the communist takeover in Poland from the bottom up, and the first to use archives opened in 1989, Rebuilding Poland provides a radically new interpretation of the communist experience. Padraic Kenney argues that the postwar takeover was also a social revolution, in which workers expressed their hopes for dramatic social change and influenced the evolutionand eventual downfallof the communist regime.Kenney compares Lödz, Poland''s largest manufacturing center, and Wroclaw, a city rebuilt as Polish upon the ruins of wartime destruction. His account of dramatic strikes in the textile mills of Lödz shows how workers resisted the communist party''s encroachment on factory terrain and its infringements of worker dignity. The contrasting absence of labor conflict among migrants in the frontier city of Wroclaw holds important clues to the nature of stalinism in Poland: communist power was strongest where workers lacked organizational ties or cultural roots. In theTrade Review"This book is a solid, well-researched, and well-argued study of the origins of the communist era in Poland. It shows the significance of gender differences in determining working-class action and demonstrates the complexity of Polish labor history, clearly delineating the differences between two working-class communities: Lodz and Wroclaw."—Richard D. Lewis, Slavic Review"With the passage of time and the opening of archives after the fall of Communism new and more soundly based academic perspectives are emerging about many key issues concerning the establishment of Communist rule in Eastern Europe. Kenney's well-documented study refutes both extreme views. . . . He traces out a more complex and dynamic interpretation. . . . Kenney presents two detailed, but highly contrasting, case-studies of Lödz and Wroclaw in the 1945–50 period."—George Sanford, Slavonic and East European Review"An important book on an important subject. Padraic Kenney has made a major contribution to our understanding of the social and political evolution of post-war east-central Europe." —Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University
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Cornell University Press Cleaning Up
Book SynopsisTo cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In Cleaning Up, the first book to examine this transformation in the healthcare industry, Dan Zuberi looks at the consequences of outsourcing from two perspectives: its impact on patient safety and its role in increasing socioeconomic inequality. Drawing on years of field research in Vancouver, Canada as well as data from hospitals in the U.S. and Europe, he argues that outsourcing has been disastrous for the cleanliness of hospitalsleading to an increased risk of hospital-acquired infections, a leading cause of severe illness and deathas well as for the effective delivery of other hospital services and the workers themselves. Zuberi's interviews with the low-wage workers who keep hospitals running uncover claims of exposure to near-constant risk of injury and illness. Many report serious concerns about Trade ReviewCleaning Up affords its readers crucial insight into the healthcare industry, closely examining thesocial and economic costs of profit-driven healthcare. Healthcare policy affects so many people:workers, patients, and all of their families. Zuberi succeeds in proving his point: it is time to take actionto improve our healthcare system. -- Michelle A. Dressner * Monthly Labor Review *A book like this could easily read as a litany of woe and injustice, but the finalchapter, simply titled Cleaning Up, seeks to provide a roadmap forward thataddresses HAIs and worker justice....The book is written in an engaging and polemical style and the subject matterlends itself to catchy chapter titles and by-lines. -- Shaun Ryan * Journal of Industrial Relations *Researchers sensitive to the plight of low-wage workers in advancedindustrialized economies have long sought to convey the magnitude ofthe problem by retelling sorrowful tales of worker exploitation. Sadly,even their most sympathetic readers have numbed to these accounts.Author Dan Zuberi has found a clever way to transcend this apathy inhis new monograph based on about 100 interviews plus behind-the-scenes observations of the impact of hospital support staff outsourcingon patients and workers. -- Adam Seth Litwin * Work and Occupations *While this empirically informed book makes for a quick and easy read, it is both informative and thought-provoking. Zuberi's book provides a wealth of evidence that the outsourcing of hospital jobs has resulted in deteriorating working conditions and that, in turn, such conditions are the cause of an increase in hospital acquired infections....undoubtedly a valuable addition to the literature on the quality of care in hospitals and its links to the privatisation and out-sourcing of healthcare services. -- Eleanor K. Johnson * Sociology of Health and Illness *Table of Contents1. "Stuff Gets Missed": An Introduction to a Growing Health Care Crisis2. Germs, Blood, and Cost-Cutting: The Daily Struggle to Keep Hospitals Clean3. Compromising Cleanliness: How Outsourcing Keeps Hospital Workers from Doing Their Jobs4. Untrained Workers, Unfit Managers5. Breaking Up the Team6. Down and Out in Vancouver: Struggling, Stressed, and Exhausted Hospital Support Workers7. Cleaning UpNotes References Index
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Cornell University Press Transforming Womens Work
Book SynopsisDublin provides a broad account of women's work during the industrial transformation of America, testing the typicality of the factory experience against other forms of female employment.Trade ReviewIn his impressively researched book, Thomas Dublin examines the transformation of women's work in New England, the first American region to be reshaped by the Industrial Revolution.... A valuable addition to the scholar's shelf. The data provide the single most detailed description of women and work a century ago. * New York Times Book Review *No historian has done more to illuminate the achievements of female labor in the early textile mills than Thomas Dublin.... In this latest book, he provides a broad account of women's work during the industrial transformation of America, giving us the chance to test the typicality of the factory experience against other forms of female employment. He mines a breathtaking array of sources, including business records, census data, deeds, wills, diaries, and personal correspondence, to reconstruct the circumstances surrounding women's work in New England from the 1820s to 1900.... Dublin's ingenious detective work in matching families in archival sources enables him to make important points. * Women's Review of Books *
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Cornell University Press Strawberry Fields Politics Class and Work in
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book exemplifies salutary trends in anthropology: practice theory, respect for ethnography in the face of the inadequacy of one-dimensional theoretical abstraction, and the importance of time depth. You may learn more than you ever wanted to about strawberries in California, but you will understand it and that will help you understand other phenomena. -- E. Paul Durrenberger, University of Iowa * American Anthropologist *
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Cornell University Press Finding Time
Book SynopsisWhy do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Leslie A. Perlow documents the worklife of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended hours on the job. Perlow doesn''t buy it. She challenges the basic assumption that the more employees work, the better the corporation will do.For nine months, Perlow studied the work practices of a product development team of software engineers at a Fortune 500 corporation. She reports her findings in detailed stories about individual employees and in more analytic chapters. Perlow first describes the individual heroics necessary to succeed in the existing work culture. She then explains how the system of rewards perpetuates crises and continuous interruptions,while discouraging cooperation. Finally, she shows how the resulting work practices damage both organizational productivity and the quality of individuaTrade Review"In her brilliant, qualitative study of the high pressure work culture of engineers, Leslie Perlow gives us a picture of workers in a chronic sense of crisis, pelted by interruptions and too busy to help colleagues. This work culture sucks time out of workers' home lives, and—here's the surprise—it also hurts the bottom line. This is must reading for anyone who manages workers, and for any worker who's managed." -- Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work"It's not how hard you work, it's how you work—this is the idea of Finding Time... As long as 'efficiency and effectiveness are simply not valued to the same degree as physical presence and sacrifices in life outside of work,' Perlow suggest, both corporation and employees will suffer." -- Judith Newman, New York Times Book Review"Perlow is an excellent storyteller. She captivates her readers through vivid and poignant accounts of the lives of the engineers, at times letting the anguished voices of the spouses be heard.... This well-written book addresses an important issue in today's workplace where people are being asked to work both harder and smarter.... Finding Time is worthwhile reading for a number of audiences. For researchers, it provides an excellent example of qualitative research. In addition, this book reminds individuals who are involved in implementing flexible work policies that, to be effective, such policies should be consistent with the organization's reward structure and cultural norms. It suggests to managers that they may wish to rethink their notions of productivity and what makes for a productive employee. For individuals whose work requires both individual effort and interaction with others, this book offers an innovative and practical solution for combating constant interruptions. Finally, to all of us,... this book presents an interesting opportunity to reconsider our personal definitions of success and what (or who) we are willing to sacrifice in the process of achieving success. Why win the (rat) race if there is no one at the finish line with you?""Perlow's book goes beyond the usual 'solutions' to work/family conflicts to offer innovative and practical solutions that benefit both men and women at work and at home." -- Joanne Martin, Stanford University (Business)"Perlow's evidence from her extensive fieldwork for this book is reason enough to read it.... Finding Time will give the reader a close look at engineering work inside a large corporation and much to think about. The book is accessible to a broad range of readers, and it would be useful in graduate and undergraduate courses on work-related matters." -- Clifford L. Staples, Review of Radical Political Economics, September 1999"There is often a negative effect on family life when professionals work long hours. Perlow sets out to determine if, in spite of the personal consequences, the corporation benefits when professionals work long hours.... The book tells the sad tale of a workforce that suffers the consequences of long hours under the assumption that accommodation to work demands will bring both personal and corporate success.... The author concludes that with long work hours there is so much wasted time through interruptions, time taken to help others or to be helped, and a constant crisis mentality that no one benefits. Perlow gives advice for improving the situation, including a shift from individual to team achievement.""This book is an elegant and readable argument for consideration of a real and contemporary social problem.""This study makes explicit a set of time dynamics that have been tough to grasp. The result is a vivid portrait of the vicious circles that often undermine our naive belief that time is something we can manage." -- Karl Weick, University of Michigan"Using single men, working mothers and working fathers as examples, Perlow presents employees' chronicles in which they detail everything they do from when they get up to arrival at the office to lunchtime to going to bed.... While there are real difficulties—working mothers, rather than fathers, still have more responsibilities at home and will stay home with a sick child—there are also issues of perception. Driven, successful people are perceived to work long hours, to expand their workdays to include formal and impromptu discussions. So, while some employees requested flexible schedules, flextime seemed to hinder an employee's chances for promotion.... As a portrait of what is an all-too-common situation—employees finding there aren't enough hours in the day to meet their work and family demands—this is an interesting portrait."
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Cornell University Press The Unions and the Democrats
Book SynopsisIlluminates the inner dynamics of labor's relationship to the American political system over the past generation.Trade ReviewA valuably argumentative and well-written analysis. -- Stephen Amberg * American Political Science Review *The book's strengths are numerous. First, it tells a fascinating story. Second, its theoretical grip is forceful. Third, it is rich in institutional detail. Fourth, it puts labor's role into the broader electoral/legislative contexts it deserves. Fifth, it is interpretively balance—not polemically annoying. The Unions and the Democrats is must reading. -- Marick F. Masters * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *It is a wonderful book, not the least because it traverses ground that has so rarely been covered.... Dark's book is not merely descriptive. His analytical framework draws on the exchange metaphor, in which the leadership structure of organized labor and of the political system at large are the central independent variables.... The Unions and the Democrats is a superb rendering of a very difficult subject, of interest to those who study American labor, Congress, the presidency, and recent American history. It should spur renewed study of a long-neglected subject. -- John C. Gerring, Boston University * Political Science Quarterly *The Unions and the Democrats is one of the best books on both subjects in recent years.... It would be difficult to identify a book that is more informative about the political dynamics of organized labor in the United States. * Labor Watch *This welcome book provides a much needed update on the national political influence of organized labor. In a fair and balanced assessment, Dark demonstrates labor's continuing influence, even in the face of a general labor decline. * Choice *Well-documented. * Booklist *
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Cornell University Press Rebuilding Labor Organizing and Organizers in
Book Synopsis"In order to recruit new members on a scale that would be required to significantly rebuild union power, unions must fundamentally alter their internal organizational practices. This means creating more organizer positions on the staff; developing...Trade Review"You've seen the numbers on union density and representation elections. You've heard the AFL-CIO mantra 'organize, organize, organize.' Behind the numbers is the behavior of real people: organizers, workers who want to unionize, and workers who do not. Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement tells their story in compelling terms. This is a powerful book about the reality of unionism in today's United States."—Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics, Harvard University and author of What Do Unions Do? and What Workers Want"Theory and praxis are here united in a practical, yet methodologically sophisticated set of studies that probe the difficult terrain of twenty-first-century union organizing. Ruth Milkman and Kim Voss are among our most surefooted guides to this new frontier."—Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara and author of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor"With working people facing the worst crisis in generations and corporate power surging out of control, the union movement—now only 8 percent of the private sector workforce—can no longer afford strategies, structures, and cultures that are 75 years old. We need an historic transformation to involve workers and communities in forming unions in whole industries, whole corporations, and whole markets and regions—both in the U.S. and across borders."—Andrew L. Stern, President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)"Rebuilding Labor breaks new ground in providing rich empirical material and careful analysis for understanding the dynamics of contemporary labor organizing. The book as a whole is a very persuasive demonstration of the crucial value of systematic empirical research for the labor movement."—Richard Flacks, University of California at Santa Barbara
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Cornell University Press Code Green MoneyDriven Hospitals and the
Book SynopsisWe are on the verge of the nation's worst nursing shortage in history. Dedicated nurses are leaving hospitals in droves, and there are not enough new recruits to the profession to meet demand. Even hospitals that were once very highly regarded for the...Trade ReviewBeth Israel was an international benchmark hospital which many saw as setting the nursing standards to be achieved elsewhere. This account of its recent history carries important messages about the domination of economics over the need for nursing care, the fragility of even the best nursing leadership during amalgamations, and the ease with which a reputation can be lost. -- Tom Keighley * Nursing Management *Hospital restructuring has fundamentally changed nurses' work and the very meaning of nursing. It has overlooked the therapeutic value of the nurse-patient relationship and the importance of 'knowing the patient.' Is it any wonder, then, that so many nurses are leaving the profession because of frustration and disillusionment? In the end, this hurts nurses as well as patients, physicians, and hospitals. Weinberg concludes that when designers draw up cost-effective plans for hospital restructuring, they must thoughtfully include nurses in their planning. The author is to be congratulated on bringing this important topic into view. -- Barbara Mann Wall * Health Affairs *Hospitals frequently devise a system of color codes to convey a message to their personnel succinctly and exclusively. Weinberg chooses 'code green' to refer to the financial crisis that hospitals are facing today, the ensuing trend to merge hospitals, and its implications for the nursing profession.... This thought-provoking book gives a uniquely personal perspective. It is suitable for specialized healthcare collections in academic, larger public, and medical libraries. * Library Journal *In this thorough investigation into how the nursing profession has changed radically over the last decade, Weinberg cites hospital consolidation and 1997's Balanced Budget Act, which brought cuts to Medicare payments and severely affected hospitals' bottom line, as keys to the problem. The Brandeis University research associate uses the merger of Boston's prestigious Beth Israel Hospital with New England Deaconess as an example of how fiscal problems and consolidation are responsible for the growing shortage of nurses and rampant dissatisfaction in the field.... Weinberg's analysis will be important to medical professionals and hospital administrators. * Publishers Weekly *The author scrutinizes how and why hospitals, in the era of profit-driven health care, routinely exploit qualities such as empathy, dedication, and professionalism in nurses. Using human science research, she illustrates how nurses really are 'ripe for exploitation,' in part because we internalize responsibility for patient care, patient safety and the caring-healing process. -- Virginia Gillispie * Denver's Nursing Star *Weinberg provides an incredible account of her observations of the state of nursing at the newly merged Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center. Her goal was 'to find out why the nurses are crying.' Each chapter thoroughly examines current issues faced by the professional nursing staff as seen through their eyes. These issues are similar to those faced by nurses nationally as financial goals take precedence to quality patient care.... An excellent account of challenges faced by nurses today. Summing Up: Essential. * Choice *Weinberg's book is a powerful description of the issues facing both nurses and hospitals at a time when the entire health care industry is concerned with a growing shortage of nurses. Her portrayal of the impediments faced by nurses in their efforts to continue to provide quality patient care are well-documented, and, in many instances, frightening. The book makes clear nurses' contributions to patient safety and quality-even if the nurses themselves were unable to do so. -- Barbara A. Mark, Ph.D., RN, A * Journal of the American Medical Association *
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Cornell University Press Breaking the Mold
Book SynopsisIn Breaking the Mold Lotte Bailyn argues that society's separation of work and family is no longer a tenable model for employees or the organizations that employ them.Trade ReviewIn the second edition of Breaking the Mold, Lotte Bailyn presents a compelling case for moving away from restrictive assumptions of organizational life and creating a new set of assumptions to facilitated success at work and at home. Bailyn has revised and updated her short and immensely readable work in light of the political, social, and economic changes the country has undergone since the publication of the first edition in 1993, including a significant shift in the demographics of the workplace. The result is a timely and thoughtful look at how employers and employees today must reconsider the conditions of employment and the link between the public and private spheres in a changing world. Throughout the book, Bailyn uses well-integrated vignettes and case studies to illustrate how outmoded assumptions about work and life can negatively impact both employers and employees, and what those willing to rethink these assumptions can achieve. -- Delaney Anderson * Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The World We Live In Interlude I. Nancy Wright: Success? 2.Organizational Constraints: Defining the Road to Success 3. Individual Constraints: Occupational Demands on Private Life 4. Family as a Complicating Issue for Organizations Interlude II. Elizabeth Gray: Failure? 5. Rethinking Commitment and Time 6. Rethinking Equity and Control 7. Pathways to Change Interlude III. The Thompsons: Promise of Things to Come? 8. Envisioning the Future
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Cornell University Press Industry and Politics in West Germany Toward the
Book SynopsisUnder the editorship of Peter J. Katzenstein, thirteen distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic here provide an original interpretation of the political economy of the Bonn Republic during the forty years since its founding, and explore in particular its extraordinary capacity for accommodating change.
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Cornell University Press Racism and Justice
Book SynopsisAffirmative action: does it really counteract racism? Is it morally justifiable? In her timely and tough-minded book, Gertrude Ezorsky addresses these central issues in the ongoing controversy surrounding affirmative action, and comes up with some...Trade ReviewA lucid, refreshingly elegant guide to the history and moral foundations of affirmative action. In an era when so many programs are under attack as 'mere quota systems,' this book is an indispensable reminder of their variety and potential. * The Nation *Ezorsky's discussion of affirmative action programs is quietly methodical and admirably clearheaded. It is a useful starting point for any discussion of the morality of affirmative action. * Publishers Weekly *Racism and Justice will add to the national debate on affirmative action. * Library Journal *
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University of Toronto Press Industry and humanity
Book SynopsisIndustry and Humanity was first published in 1918. In it William Lyon Mackenzie King, then a prominent public servant who had forged a respectable reputation among business leaders as an expert in labour affairs, discussed the process of national and industrial reconstruction then about to begin. The book reviewed several momentous crises in North American labour-management relations, revealed the background to various important pieces of Canadian legislation in the field of social welfare, and provided a broad rationale for the establishment of a new programme of democracy in industry.Industry and Humanity is not only a history of King's career as industrial relations expert and consultant for the Canadian government and several giant American corporations. It also contains illustrations and analogies from his urban industrial and educational experiences. He did settlement work, examined working conditions and trade unionism in his graduate studies at unive
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University of Toronto Press Canada Investigates Industrialism
Book SynopsisIn the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulate and angry labor movement protesting against the excesses of modern industry. Through the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital we can perhaps gain our best insight into the everyday world of workers and capitalists in late nineteenth-century Canada. The commission gathered evidence in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and talked to thousands of workers, businessmen, and other concerned citizens. This edited version of its investigation includes much of the best testimony; it describes working class living conditions, the emergence of organized labor, and the attitudes of businessmen to industrial capitalism. The testimony takes us with the commissioners o
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University of Toronto Press Collective Bargaining in the Essential and Public
Book SynopsisIn Toronto, in April 1975, three Canadians and one American each presented a paper at a conference on what has become the key issue in current industrial relations – collective bargaining in the essential and public service sectors.This book presents those papers along with transcripts of the substantial and lively discussions that followed each one and involved many of the leading Canadian figures in this field. The status of government employees is one of the most prominent of the issues discussed.The speakers, Ben Aaron, University of California, Jean Boivin, Université Laval, James Matkin, Government of British Columbia, and Paul Phillips, University of Manitoba, deal with the causes of unrest in the essential and service sectors of the economy, the interrelationship of market and political forces, the results of various forms of government intervention, and also with international comparison of procedures for dispute settlement.There was a considerab
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University of Toronto Press Equity Diversity Canadian Labour
Book SynopsisEquity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded attitudes and practices, charting the efforts made by organized labour in Canada towards addressing discrimination in the workplace and within unions themselves.Table of ContentsPreface Union AbbreviationsIntroduction GERALD HUNTLooking Back: A Brief History of Everything JULIE WHITEBargaining against the Past: Fair Pay, Union Practice, and the Gender Pay Gap ANNE FORRESTUnion Response to Pay Equity: A Cautionary Tale JUDY HAIVENLabour's Collective Bargaining Record on Women's and Family Issues KAREN BENTHAMWe Are Family: Labour Responds to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Workers GERALD HUNT AND JONATHAN EATONBroadening the Labour Movement's Disability Agenda DAVID RAYSIDE AND FRASER VALENTINERacism and the Labour Movement TANIA DAS GUPTAEquity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour: A Comparative Perspective DAVID RAYSIDEAfterword LINDA BRISKINReferences Contributors
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University of Nebraska Press Working Women Entrepreneurs and the Mexican Re
Book SynopsisAnalyses the interrelationships between Córdoba’s immigrant entrepreneurs, workforce, labour movement, gender relations, and culture on the one hand, and social revolution, modernization, and the Atlantic community on the other between the 1890s and the 1960s.Trade Review"The author provides a fascinating collective profile of women leaders and their rise from rank and file to a rotating leadership group that controlled union politics for decades."—Susie S. Porter, Hispanic American Historical Review"Heather Fowler-Salamini has given us a rich and satisfying book on the social and economic contours of coffee processing in the Córdoba district of Veracruz."—Edward Beatty, Journal of Latin American StudiesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of MapsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Emergence of a Coffee Commercial Elite in Córdoba, Veracruz2. Work, Gender, and Workshop Culture3. Sorters’ Negotiations with Exporters and the State4. Caciquismo, Organized Labor, and Gender5. Everyday Experiences and Obrera Culture6. Coffee Entrepreneurs, Workers, and the State Confront the Challenges of ModernizationConclusionsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Street Democracy
Book SynopsisNo visitor to Mexico can fail to recognise the omnipresence of street vendors, selling products ranging from fruits and vegetables to prepared food and clothes. In Street Democracy Sandra C. Mendiola García explores the political lives and economic significance of this otherwise overlooked population, focusing on the radical street vendors during the 1970s and 1980s in Puebla.Trade Review"Mendiola García’s use of oral interviews and photographs brings Puebla’s streets to life, giving us a sense of the sights, smells, and quotidian rhythms of these dynamic public spaces. Those sources also shed light on aspects of the UPVA’s history that written documents obscure, especially the central role that women played in the union despite their exclusion from the highest rungs of its leadership. . . . The author’s prose is lucid, and the book is a pleasure to read. It will certainly interest historians of twentieth-century Mexico and Latin America as well as scholars of neoliberalism, the informal economy, and social movements across the global South. It would be an excellent addition to graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses."—Andrew Konove, Hispanic American Historical Review"Mendiola García's research casts light on Mexico's recent political and economic history, particularly that of unions and social movements during the adoption of neoliberal policies."—Emilio de Antuñano, H-LatAm"This is an exciting new book that should make a big splash in the still-rather-small historiography of urban Mexico."—Matthew Vitz, Pacific Historical Review“An innovative and highly original book that reveals new findings on the twilight of the PRI rule in Mexico. . . . Street Democracy breaks new ground in the rapidly expanding field of post-1940 Mexico.”—Alex Aviña, author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside “Mendiola García nimbly transports us to the streets of Puebla, where everyday men, women, and children redefine their roles from simple peddlers to organized vendors. She expertly traces the shift in organizing tactics and identity politics in response to state repression and the neoliberal bend.”—Gabriela Soto Laveaga, author of Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the PillTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Prelude to Independent Organizing: Politics and Vendors Chapter Two: Vendors and Students in the 1970s Chapter Three: Staging Democracy at Home and Abroad Chapter Four: The Dirty War on Street Vendors Chapter Five: From La Victoria to Walmart Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues Conclusion Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Street Democracy
Book SynopsisNo visitor to Mexico can fail to recognise the omnipresence of street vendors, selling products ranging from fruits and vegetables to prepared food and clothes. In Street Democracy Sandra C. Mendiola García explores the political lives and economic significance of this otherwise overlooked population, focusing on the radical street vendors during the 1970s and 1980s in Puebla.Trade Review"Mendiola García’s use of oral interviews and photographs brings Puebla’s streets to life, giving us a sense of the sights, smells, and quotidian rhythms of these dynamic public spaces. Those sources also shed light on aspects of the UPVA’s history that written documents obscure, especially the central role that women played in the union despite their exclusion from the highest rungs of its leadership. . . . The author’s prose is lucid, and the book is a pleasure to read. It will certainly interest historians of twentieth-century Mexico and Latin America as well as scholars of neoliberalism, the informal economy, and social movements across the global South. It would be an excellent addition to graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses."—Andrew Konove, Hispanic American Historical Review"Mendiola García's research casts light on Mexico's recent political and economic history, particularly that of unions and social movements during the adoption of neoliberal policies."—Emilio de Antuñano, H-LatAm"This is an exciting new book that should make a big splash in the still-rather-small historiography of urban Mexico."—Matthew Vitz, Pacific Historical Review“An innovative and highly original book that reveals new findings on the twilight of the PRI rule in Mexico. . . . Street Democracy breaks new ground in the rapidly expanding field of post-1940 Mexico.”—Alex Aviña, author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside “Mendiola García nimbly transports us to the streets of Puebla, where everyday men, women, and children redefine their roles from simple peddlers to organized vendors. She expertly traces the shift in organizing tactics and identity politics in response to state repression and the neoliberal bend.”—Gabriela Soto Laveaga, author of Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the PillTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Prelude to Independent Organizing: Politics and Vendors Chapter Two: Vendors and Students in the 1970s Chapter Three: Staging Democracy at Home and Abroad Chapter Four: The Dirty War on Street Vendors Chapter Five: From La Victoria to Walmart Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Stanford University Press Workers and Thieves
Book SynopsisThe book describes the central role of workers and the unemployed in the run up to and the aftermath of the popular uprisings of 2011 in Tunisia and Egypt.Trade Review"We know the 'thieves' who plundered Tunisia and Egypt, but few have considered the role of the workers to understand why these countries led the Arab Spring in 2011. Joel Beinin offers this necessary perspective, highlighting in this truly readable and most useful account the clash of workers and thieves that shaped Tunisia's and Egypt's recent history and will determine their future." -- Gilbert Achcar * author of The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising *"While the crucial role played by workers in Egypt and Tunisia has been woefully overlooked by much of the media and think tank scholarship, Joel Beinin traces the rich and complex history of labor movements and their pivotal role in ongoing struggles for change. To fully understand the forces at play in the turbulent political and social landscapes of Egypt and Tunisia, Workers and Thieves is an invaluable book." -- Sharif Abdel Kouddous * Democracy Now! and The Nation Institute *"Joel Beinin's Workers and Thieves ascribes agency to the Arab masses and throws light on the intricacies of the corrupt modern regimes that have ruled Tunisia and Egypt since 1987 and 1981, respectively....What is most interesting about Workers and Thieves is the knowledge one learns about the emergence of the workers' movements in both Tunisia and Egypt during the colonial and postcolonial periods and their role in the anti-colonial movements." -- Salam Mir * Arab Studies Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Workers, Collective Action, and Politics chapter abstractThe social movements of Tunisian and Egyptian workers and those affiliated with them were the most persistent contestations of the 2000s and the largest demographic component of the culture of protest that empowered Arabs to want the fall of autocratic regimes during the popular uprisings of 2011. However during the 2000s, mobilizations of workers and the unemployed infrequently demanded democracy or regime change as such and were not well integrated with movements of the oppositional intelligentsias. Because of its relative autonomy from the state, the UGTT was able to detach itself from the Ben Ali regime, reform itself, and ultimately decisively influence Tunisia's post-Ben Ali trajectory towards procedural democracy. In contrast, ETUF remained loyal to Mubarak until the end. Newly established independent unions and federations did not have the organizational capacity, resources, or political experience to similarly influence the post-Mubarak political agenda. 1Colonial Capitalism to Developmentalism chapter abstractChapter 1 provides the historical context for the argument of the book, tracing the economic development of Egypt and Tunisia and their labor and leftist political movements from the colonial era (colonial capitalism) and their trade union movements through the era of decolonization. In the Nasser era in Egypt and early post-independence Tunisia (the 1950s and 1960s) both countries adopted national developmentalist economic policies (peripheral Keynesianism and import-substitution industrialization). The IMF and the World Bank supported such policies until the decade-long economic crisis of the advanced capitalist countries in the 1970s. 2The Washington Consensus chapter abstractChapter 2 follows the histories of the Egyptian and Tunisian workers movements, trade union organizations, and leftist parties as they contended with the installation of new economic policies (the neoliberal Washington Consensus). During the 1980s and early 1990s strikes, none of them supported by ETUF, became a regular phenomenon in Egypt for the first time since the early 1950s. In Tunisia both wildcat strikes and shorter warning strikes authorized by the UGTT reached historically high levels. 3Insurgent Workers in the Autumn of Autocracy chapter abstractChapter 3 argues that in Egypt and Tunisia (but much less so than in Egypt), middle class mobilizations for human rights and democracy became more active in the 2000s. However workers movements and in Tunisia an uprising of unemployed in the Gafsa phosphate mining basin in 2008 comprised by far the largest mobilizations against autocracy. However, there was a considerable gap between the abstract calls for democratization by the middle class intelligentsias and the economic demands of workers and the unemployed. The contentious actions of Egyptian and Tunisian workers and the unemployed in the 2000s suggest that "political opportunity structures," in the terminology of social movement theory, the "expansion of civil society," and theories of democratization do not reliably explain the origins, character, capacity to persist, or the divergent outcomes of the movements in Tunisia and Egypt. 4Popular Uprisings in 2011 and Beyond chapter abstractChapter 4 argues that workers' mobilizations were central to the movements to oust presidents Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak. Moreover, those mobilizations continued after the ouster of the autocrats. In Tunisia, pressure from second level leaders on the UGTT to support the uprisings eventually resulted in the reform of the UGTT and its central role in the consolidation of procedural democracy. In Egypt, the workers movement could not compel the ETUF to stand with them and the movement against Mubarak. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Egyptian Democratic Labor Congress were too inexperienced and lacked sufficient organizational capacity and resources to influence post-Mubarak politics decisively. The organizational weakness of the Egyptian labor movement and the political illusions of some of its leaders explain, in part, the consolidation of a more vicious form of authoritarianism under the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Conclusion: Workers, Social Struggles, and Democracy chapter abstractWorkers and those affiliated with them played a central role in the 2011 popular uprisings in Tunisia and in Egypt. Unlike in Egypt, in Tunisia a reformed UGTT was ultimately the decisive force in the consolidation of procedural democracy. Democracy in Tunisia was not due to its stronger civil society. In Tunisia, as in Egypt "civil society organizations" – most commonly understood as NGOs – except for the Tunisian Bar Association, did not launch the uprising. The UGTT was the overwhelmingly preponderant force in the Quartet (along with the Bar Association, UTICA and the LTDH) that established procedural democracy. The economic and social demands that were at the core of the uprisings in both Tunisia and Egypt remain unanswered.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina What Do We Need a Union For The TWUA in the
Book SynopsisThis is a look at how the rise in standards throughout the US after World War II brought significant changes to the lives of southern textile workers. It shows how their economic expectations increased and how their purchasing power grew - with little help from the unions.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Hazards of the Job From Industrial Disease to
Book SynopsisThis text explores the roots of modern environmentalism in the early-20th century US. It was in the workplace of this era, the author argues, that our contemporary understanding of environmental health dangers first took shape.
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Rutgers University Press Making Democracy Matter Identity and Activism in
Book SynopsisWhat makes a social movement a movement? Where do the contagious energy, vision, and sense of infinite possibility come from? This book seeks to answer these questions through conversations and interviews with a generation of activists who came of political age in Los Angeles during the 1990s.Trade Review"During the 1990s an amazing new generation of young activists, mostly women, immigrants, and people of color, transformed the Los Angeles labor movement, bringing a new vision of democracy to organizations not always ready for change. Now Karen Brodkin gives us their story in this wonderfully inspiring book, bursting with wisdom, dedication, imagination, and, best of all, models for how the labor movement can become a dynamic and embracing social movement seeking justice for all." -- Dana Frank * University of California, Santa Cruz *"This engaging, accessible volume makes a significant contribution to the scholarly literatures on social movements, racial justice, the political activism of men and women of color, and the labor movement today." -- Sandra Morgen * Professor of Women's Studies, Penn State University *"Persuasive. Insightful. As a contribution to our understanding of social movements, the book's strength is its emphasis on ideological factors and motivations. * Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society *"During the 1990s an amazing new generation of young activists, mostly women, immigrants, and people of color, transformed the Los Angeles labor movement, bringing a new vision of democracy to organizations not always ready for change. Now Karen Brodkin gives us their story in this wonderfully inspiring book, bursting with wisdom, dedication, imagination, and, best of all, models for how the labor movement can become a dynamic and embracing social movement seeking justice for all." -- Dana Frank * University of California, Santa Cruz *"This engaging, accessible volume makes a significant contribution to the scholarly literatures on social movements, racial justice, the political activism of men and women of color, and the labor movement today." -- Sandra Morgen * Professor of Women's Studies, Penn State University *"Persuasive. Insightful. As a contribution to our understanding of social movements, the book's strength is its emphasis on ideological factors and motivations. * Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society *Table of ContentsPreface List of Organizations About the NarratorsIntroduction 1. The Context of Labor and Immigrant Workers' Right Activism in Los Angeles 2. Narrators and Narrative 3. Political Identity Starts at Home: Border-Crossing Families and the Making of Political Selves 4. Making Identities Political 5. Democracy and Political Praxis Conclusion Appendix A: Study Design and Use of Narrative Appendix B: Organizer Survey Notes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Rights and Wrongs of Childrens Work Rutgers
Book Synopsis Rights and Wrongs of Children''s Work, authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts, incorporates recent theoretical advances and experiences to explore the place of labor in children''s lives and development.This groundbreaking book considers international policies governing children''s work and the complexity of assessing the various effects of their work. The authors question current child labor policies and interventions, which, even though pursued with the best intentions, too often fail to protect children against harm or promote their access to education and other opportunities for decent futures. They argue for the need to re-think the assumptions that underlie current policies on the basis of empirical evidence, and they recommend new approaches to advance working children''s well-being and guarantee their human rights.Rights and Wrongs of Children''s Work condemns the exploitation and abuse of child workers and supports the right ofTrade Review"Bourdillon and colleagues analyze the problems, benefits, appropriate interventions, culture, and policies related to children's work with a respect for the individual rights of the children involved. Recommended." * Choice *"While this book is not the first to challenge conventional thinking on children's work, it is comprehensive in its analysis and bold in its call for change." * Comparative Education Review *"In Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work, the authors provide us with a definitive and balanced examination of why it is that the majority of the world's children's work for a living. This is an excellent book, which has clearly been designed to engage both the novice and expert. The clarity of reflective thought in this book is particularly impressive and reassuring." * Contemporary Sociology *"Bourdillon and colleagues analyze the problems, benefits, appropriate interventions, culture, and policies related to children's work with a respect for the individual rights of the children involved. Recommended." * Choice *"While this book is not the first to challenge conventional thinking on children's work, it is comprehensive in its analysis and bold in its call for change." * Comparative Education Review *"In Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work, the authors provide us with a definitive and balanced examination of why it is that the majority of the world's children's work for a living. This is an excellent book, which has clearly been designed to engage both the novice and expert. The clarity of reflective thought in this book is particularly impressive and reassuring." * Contemporary Sociology *Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms 1. Raising Questions, Questioning the Answers "When I was fired, I cried for two weeks": How Intervention Went Wrong in Morocco's Garment Industry Whose Interests? Ways of Thinking Children's Rights Knowledge, Understanding, and Information 2. Work That Children Do What Is Children's Work? What Children Say about Why They Work Concluding Comment 3. Children's Work in Historical and Comparative Perspective Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution in Britain around the Nineteenth Century Child Work, Education, and Interventions in Asia and Africa: Examples from Indonesia and Zimbabwe Children, Work, and Education in Communist Revolutions and Post-Communist Transitions International Standards and Trends in Interventions 4. Child Work and Poverty: A Tangled Relationship What Is Poverty? Defining and Measuring Labor-Force Work Many Poor Children Do Not Work for Pay Labor Supply and Labor Demand General Patterns Children's Earnings: How Much, and Who Gets Them? Are Children Working Instead of Adults, or Undermining Adult Wages? Conditional Cash Transfers as Compensation for School Enrollment Is Child Work a Cultural Phenomenon Rather Than an Economic Necessity? The Effects of Child Work on Poverty Dynamics: How Learning Matters Does Poverty Cause Child Work? 5. Work in Children's Development Framing the Issue The Idea of Human "Development in Social Science Concluding Observations 6. Education, School, and Work "Earn-and-Learn": Tea Estates in Zimbabwe Children's Perceptions The Right to Education School as Work Problems with Schools Can School Mix with Work? Combining Labor-Force Work with School Learning through Work Conclusion 7. Children Acting for Themselves Agency of Children Street Children Independent Migration Organizations of Working Children Child Participation in Making Decisions 8. Assessing Harm against Benefits Child Domestic Work: Pros and Cons A Continuum of Harm and Benefit Intolerable Forms and Conditions of Work Assessing Hazardous Work Weighing Harm against Benefits A Note on Exploitation What Does This Mean in Practice? 9. The Politics of International Intervention The Case of Child Garment Workers in Bangladesh: Tragedy or Scandal? Stitching Footballs in Sialkot What Should Be Learned from These Experiences? Promoting and Protecting the Interests of Children Who Work: A Case in Egypt Concluding Thoughts 10. Policies and Interventions: What Should They Achieve, and How? Starting Points Principles Practice Notes References Index
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New York University Press The Price of Progressive Politics The Welfare
Book SynopsisOffers a refreshing examination of how those working for change grapple with shifting racial dynamicsTrade Review"The Price of Progressive Politics is an engaging book with an important take home message. It reminds us that activists challenge a political system plagued by racism, classism, and sexism, while simultaneously struggling to avoid reproducing these inequalities themselves." -- JoEllen Pederson * Mobilization *"Ernst's creative research design offers unique insights into the impact of intersectional marginalization, welfare organizing, and social movement mobilization, and is an important contribution to each of these fields." -- Catherine M. Paden * Political Science Quarterly *"Nelson is as determined to protect the academic freedom of contingent faculty as of full professors . . . he speaks up not only for academic freedom, but for better wages and conditions." -- D.R. Imig * Choice Magazine *"Ernst has provided an amazing window into contemporary welfare organizing and the challenges faced in a political context that urges unitary rather than intersectional frames of social justice. Without a doubt she has provided an important book relevant to scholars and welfare organizers alike." -- Ange-Marie Hancock,author of The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the ‘Welfare Queen’"In this important and courageous book, Rose Ernst shows how the discourse of colorblindness limits the progressive possibilities of the welfare rights movement. One must know the monster one is fighting if one wishes to slay it ‘for real.’ Otherwise, as Ernst’s data demonstrates, one ends up feeding the monster. Bravo for a job well done!" -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva,author of Racism without Racists: Color-BlindRacism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America"Rose Ernst’s book is well-written, with a nuanced theoretical frame that grows out of the relevant literature; it provides an important empirical contribution based poignantly on the voices of the women activists themselves." -- Sanford Schram,author of Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance and Globalization"This penetrating and thoughtful work confronts the challenges, conflicts, and opportunities in the fragile coalitions that compose the welfare rights movement today. Written with fidelity to the cause and an empirical eye, Ernst demonstrates how the false construction of a ‘post-racial’ America warps the discourse and activities of welfare rights organizers. A passionately written text that brings these women and this movement to life, The Price of Progressive Politics analyzes the welfare rights movement from within and without using the intersectional lens of race, ethnicity, and class. This timely, fascinating, and intricate book moves forward our understanding of colorblindness and intersectionality." -- Andrea Y. Simpson,author of The Tie That Binds: Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights GenerationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 To Each Her Own: Race and Class in Gendered Coalitions 3 Closing Rank: Power and Colorblindness 4 Pulling Rank: Gender and Class Colorblindness 5 Breaking Rank: Race and Class Consciousness 6 Crossing Over: Rethinking Movement Organization 7 Critical Alliances: Intersecting National Coalitions Appendix A: Interview Protocol Appendix B: Characteristics of Activists Appendix C: Organizations Appendix D: NOW Newsletters Notes References Index About the Author
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Guidelines for Safe Process Operations and
Book SynopsisFirst-line managers have to maintain the integrity of facilities, control manufacturing processes, and handle emergency situations, as well as respond to the pressures of production demand. This book offers these managers how-to information on process safety management program execution in the operations and maintenance departments.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. List of Tables. List of Figures. Glossary. 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Process Safety Management Activities of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). 1.2 Process Safety Activities of Governmental Agencies and Trade Organizations. 1.3 Target Audience and Objective of This Document. 1.4 Use of This Document. 1.5 References. 2. ROLE OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IN PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT. 2.1 Accountability. 2.2 Process Knowledge and Documentation. 2.3 Capital Project Review and Design Procedures. 2.4 Process Risk Management. 2.5 Process and Equipment Integrity. 2.6 Human Factors. 2.7 Training and Performance. 2.8 Incident Investigation. 2.9 Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 2.10 Audits and Corrective Action. 2.11 Enhancement of Process Safety Knowledge. 2.12 Management of Change. 2.12.1 Importance of Changes. 2.12.2 Examples of Lessons To Be Learned from the Failure to Manage Change. 2.12.3 What Constitute Change? 2.12.4 Process Change Authorization. 2.13 Summary. 2.14 References. 3. PLANT DESIGN. 3.1 Operations and Maintenance Departments’ Roles. 3.2 Documentation. 3.3 Process Hazard Reviews. 3.4 Designing for Inherent Process Safety. 3.4.1 Process Fluids. 3.4.2 Inventory Minimization. 3.4.3 Operating and Storage Conditions. 3.5 Controlling of Hazards to Reduce Risks. 3.6 Plant Layout. 3.6.1 Site Planning. 3.6.2 Process Area Layout. 3.7 Plant Standards and Practices. 3.8 Human Factors in Plant Design. 3.9 Maintenance Considerations. 3.10 Management of Change. 3.11 References. 4. PLANT CONSTRUCTION. 4.1 Roles of the Operations and Maintenance Department. 4.1.1 Communication and Coordination with Project Team. 4.1.2 Control of Specific Construction-Related Activities. 4.1.3 Inspection of Equipment Installation. 4.2 Materials of Construction. 4.3 Custom Equipment Fabrication and Inspection. 4.4 Field Installation. 4.4.1 Piping Installation. 4.4.2 Pressure-Relief/Vent Collection. 4.4.3 Other Safety Systems. 4.5 Equipment Recordkeeping. 4.6 Summary. 4.7 References. 5. PRE-STARTUP AND COMMISSIONING. 5.1 Organization and Roles. 5.1.1 Startup Team. 5.1.2 Role of Operations and Maintenance Departments. 5.2 Planning. 5.3 Preparation for Startup. 5.3.1 Staffing Operations and Maintenance Departments. 5.3.2 Training. 5.3.3 Maintenance Activities during Pre-startup. 5.3.4 Development of Operating Procedures. 5.4 Pre-startup Safety Review. 5.5 Commissioning. 5.5.1 Commissioning Utilities. 5.5.2 Commissioning Equipment. 5.5.3 Instruments, Computer, and Control. 5.6 Final Preparations for Startup. 5.7 References. 6. STARTUP. 6.1 Roles and Responsibilities. 6.2 Initial Startup. 6.2.1 Final Preparation. 6.2.2 Introduction of Process Chemicals and Materials. 6.2.3 Process and Process Equipment Monitoring. 6.2.4 Baseline Data. 6.2.5 Updating Startup Procedures. 6.3 Restart. 6.4 Startup after Turnaround. 6.5 Startup after Extended Outage. 6.6 Resources. 6.7 Summary. 6.8 References. 7. OPERATION. 7.1 Roles and Responsibilities. 7.2 Routine Operations. 7.2.1 Operating within Process and Equipment Limits. 7.2.2 Written Procedures. 7.2.3 Communication. 7.2.4 Communication During Shift Changes. 7.2.5 Special Safety Considerations of Batch Processes. 7.2.6 Process Control Software. 7.3 Nonroutine Operations. 7.3.1 Abnormal Operations. 7.3.2 Standby Operations. 7.4 Emergency Operations. 7.5 Management of Change. 7.6 Safety Protective Systems. 7.6.1 Safety Shutdown Systems. 7.6.2 Pressure Relief Equipment. 7.7 Operator Training. 7.7.1 Refresher Training. 7.7.2 Playing “What-If” Games. 7.8 Incident Investigation. 7.8.1 Recognizing and Reporting Incidents. 7.8.2 The Investigation. 7.8.3 Investigation Results and Followup. 7.9 Human Factors. 7.9.1 Human-Process Interfaces. 7.9.2 Behavioral Issues. 7.9.3 Spontaneous Response. 7.10 Audits, Inspections, Compliance Reviews. 7.11 Summary. 7.12 References. 8. MAINTENANCE. 8.1 Roles and Responsibilities. 8.2 Routine Maintenance. 8.2.1 Preventive Maintenance. 8.2.2 Predictive Maintenance. 8.2.3 Communication between the Maintenance and Operations Departments. 8.2.4 Communication at Shift Change. 8.3 Nonroutine Maintenance. 8.3.1 Breakdown Maintenance. 8.3.2 Troubleshooting Maintenance. 8.4 Management of Change. 8.5 Aging Equipment. 8.5.1 Corrosion, Erosion, and Fatigue. 8.5.2 Wear, Intermittent Operation, and Fouling. 8.6 Critical Instrumentation and Safety Interlocks. 8.6.1 Proof Testing. 8.6.2 Critical Instrumentation and Interlock Classification. 8.7 Maintenance Training. 8.7.1 Upgrade and Refresher Training. 8.7.2 Loss of Plant-Specific Maintenance Knowledge. 8.8 Work Permits. 8.9 Maintenance Management Information Systems. 8.9.1 Work Order Tracking. 8.9.2 Process Equipment Files. 8.9.3 Process and Equipment Drawings. 8.10 Quality Control. 8.10.1 Replacement Parts. 8.10.2 Inspection. 8.10.3 Certified Equipment. 8.10.4 Continuous Improvement. 8.11 Contractor Safety. 8.12 Incident Investigation. 8.13 Summary. 8.14 References. Addition References. 9. SHUTDOWN. 9.1 Normal Shutdown. 9.1.1 Pre-shutdown Planning. 9.1.2 Shutdown Sequence Steps. 9.1.3 Testing Safety Protective Systems. 9.1.4 Shutdown Period Maintenance Activities. 9.1.5 Unit Restart after Maintenance. 9.1.6 Formal Review of Shutdown. 9.2 Extended or Mothball Shutdown. 9.3 Sudden or Emergency Shutdown. 9.3.1 Preplanning for Student Shutdown. 9.3.2 Shutdown Sequences. 9.3.3 Safety Interlock Failures. 9.3.4 Investigation of Sudden Shutdown. 9.4 Emergency Response. 9.5 Summary. 9.6 References. 10. DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION. 10.1 Decommissioning/Demolition Plan. 10.2 Operation and Maintenance Roles. 10.3 Decommissioning Procedures. 10.4 Maintenance of Decommissioned Status. 10.5 Demolition Concerns. 10.6 Summary. 10.7 References. Appendix A. Summary of the Process Safety Management Rule Promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor. Appendix B. Example Management Guidelines for the Safe Dismantling and Demoliton of Process Plants. Appendix C. Examples of Site-Specific Demolition Checklist/Questionnaire. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Guidelines for Safe Warehousing of Chemicals
Book SynopsisWritten by industry professionals for warehouse operators and designers, this book offers a performance-based approach to hazards such as health effects, environmental pollution, fire, and explosion. It also presents practical means to minimize the risk of these hazards to employees, the surrounding population, the environment, and property.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgment. Acronyms. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. Background. 1.2. Scope. 1.3. Purpose. Chapter 2. Commodity Hazards. 2.1. Synopsis. 2.2. Identification of Chemicals. 2.3. Properties and Hazard Identification of Chemicals. 2.4. Systems for Commodity Classification. 2.4.1. Environmental Protection Agency. 2.4.2. National Fire Protection Association. 2.4.3. National Paint and Coating s Association's Hazardous Materials Identification System. 2.4.4. United nations (UN) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Classes. 2.5. Container and Packaging Systems. 2.6. Commodity Compatibility and Separation. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 3. Administrative Controls. 3.1. Synopsis. 3.2. Safety and Risk Management Policies. 3.3. Hazard and Risk Management. 3.4. Control of Ignition Sources. 3.5. Regulatory Compliance. 3.6. Risk Management Organization. 3.7. Employee Hiring, Training and Operations. 3.7.1. Employee Hiring. 3.7.2. Training. 3.7.3. Operations. 3.8. Housekeeping. 3.9. Inventory Management. 3.10. Management of Change. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 4. Employee Safety and Health. 4.1. Synopsis. 4.2. Policy. 4.3. Administrative and Engineering Controls. 4.3.1. Administrative Controls. 4.3.2. Engineering Controls. 4.4. Hazard Communication. 4.4.1. Labels. 4.4.2. Material Safety Data Sheets. 4.4.3. Employee Information and Training. 4.5. Personal Protective Equipment. 4.5.1. Implementing a PPE Program. 4.5.2. Selecting PPE Program. 4.5.3. Chemical Protective Clothing. 4.5.4. Foot Protection. 4.5.5. Head Protection. 4.5.6. Eye and Face Protection. 4.5.7. Hand Protection. 4.5.8. Respirators. 4.5.9. Respirator Selection. 4.5.10. Respirator Usage. 4.5.11. Training. 4.5.12. Maintenance and Inspection. 4.6. Safety Equipment. 4.7. Emergency Response Training. 4.7.1. Emergency Spill Response. 4.7.2. Manual Fire Fighting. 4.7.3. First Aid. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 5. Site Considerations. 5.1. Synopsis. 5.2. Health and Environmental Exposure. 5.2.1. Baseline Environmental Assessment. 5.2.2. Population Proximity, Density, and Sensitivity. 5.2.3. Warehouse Truck Traffic. 5.2.4. Highly Sensitive Environments. 5.2.5. Surface Water, Ground water, and Soil Permeability. 5.3. Natural Peril Exposures. 5.3.1. Earthquake. 5.3.2. Flood. 5.3.3. Hurricanes. 5.3.4. Tornadoes. 5.3.5. Lightning. 5.3.6. Arctic Freeze. 5.4. Exposures from Surrounding Activities. 5.4.1. Adjacent Facilities, Airports, Highways, and Railroads. 5.4.2. High Pressure Flammable Gas and Liquid Transmission Lines. 5.4.3. Riot and Civil Commotion. 5.5. Emergency Responders. 5.6. Adequacy and Reliability of Public Utilities. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 6. Design and Construction. 6.1. Synopsis. 6.2. Construction Documents-Approvals and Permits. 6.3. Means of Egress. 6.3.1. travel Distance. 6.4. Environmental Protection. 6.4.1. Containment and Drainage Capacity Considerations. 6.4.2. Warehouse Floor System. 6.4.3. Concrete Criteria. 6.4.4. Surface Preparation. 6.4.5. Coating and Sealers. 6.4.6. Maintenance and Repair of the Floor. 6.4.7. Airborne Effluent. 6.5. Fire Mitigation Construction Features. 6.5.1. Fire-Rated Separations. 6.5.2. Protection of Openings and Penetrations. 6.5.3. Through-Penetrations. 6.5.4. Heat and Smoke Venting. 6.5.5. Powered Ventilation Systems. 6.5.6. Emergency and Standby Power Systems. 6.6. Deflagration Prevention and Mitigation. 6.1.1. Temperature Control. 6.6.2. Gas and Vapor Control. 6.6.3. Sources of Ignition. 6.6.4. Spatial Separation. 6.6.5. Damage Limiting Construction. 6.7. Natural Peril Mitigation. 6.7.1. Earthquake. 6.7.2. Flood. 6.7.3. Lightning. 6.7.4. Windstorm, Hurricane, and Tornado. 6.8. Security Features. 6.9. Outdoor Storage. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 7. Fire Protection Systems. 7.1. Synopsis. 7.2. Storage Considerations. 7.3. Fire Control, Suppression, and Extinguishing Systems. 7.3.1. Fire Control. 7.3.2. Fire Suppression. 7.3.3. Fire Extinguishment. 7.3.4. Fire Extinguishers. 7.4. Fire Detection and Alarm Systems. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 8. Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Programs. 8.1. Synopsis. 8.2. Inspection and Test Programs. 8.2.1. Program Objectives. 8.2.2. Critical Equi9pment and Construction Features. 8.2.3. Inspection and Test Program Elements. 8.2.5. Maintenance Procedures. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 9. Emergency Planning. 9.1. Synopsis. 9.2. Loss Scenarios. 9.3. Plan Objectives. 9.3.1. Employees. 9.3.2. Surrounding Population. 9.3.3. Environment. 9.3.4. Property Protection and Business Interruption. 9.4. Plan Development. 9.5. Plan Elements. 9.5.1. Policy Statement. 9.5.2. Scope and Objectives. 9.5.3. Pre-Incident Planning. 9.5.4. Incident Response. 9.6. Emergency Spill Response. 9.6.1. Planning. 9.6.2. Responding to a Hazardous Material Spill. 9.6.3. Cleanup. 9.6.4. Reporting. 9.6.5. Public Response. 9.7. Regulations and Resources. 9.7.1. U.S. Regulations. 9.7.2. CMA Responsible Care Program. References. Additional Reading. Chapter 10. Selected research and Discussion Topics. 10.1. Synopsis. 10.2. Commodity Hazards and Fire Protection Systems. 10.3. Design and Construction. Appendix A. Summary of NFPA 704 Marking System. Appendix B. Summary of HMIS. Appendix C. United Nations and U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Classes. Appendix D. Additional Resources. Glossary of Terms. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Understanding Explosions A CCPS Concept Book
Book SynopsisThere are many different types of explosions, each with its own complex mechanism. This work provides information on explosions for everyone involved in the operation, design, maintenance, and management of chemical processes, helping enhance understanding of the nature of explosions and the methods required to prevent them from occurring.Table of ContentsPREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Accident Loss History 3 1.2. The Accident Process (AIChE, 2000) 4 1.3. A Case History—Flixborough, England 4 1.4. Hazard Identification and Evaluation 6 1.5. Inherently Safer Design 7 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS 9 2.1. Gases and Vapors 13 2.1.1. Flammability Diagram 18 2.1.2. Estimating Flammability Limits 28 2.1.3. Temperature Effect on Flammability 30 2.1.4. Pressure Effect on Flammability 31 2.1.5. Flammability of Gaseous Mixtures 31 2.1.6. Minimum Ignition Energies 32 2.1.7. Autoignition Temperature 34 2.1.8. Example Applications 34 2.2. Liquids 37 2.2.1. Flashpoints of Mixtures of Liquids 40 2.2.2. Example Applications 42 2.3. Aerosols and Mists 43 2.4. Dusts 43 2.5. Hybrid Mixtures 48 2.6. Kinetics and Thermochemistry 48 2.6.1. Calculated Adiabatic Flame Temperatures (CAFT) 50 2.6.2. Example Application 52 2.7. Gas Dynamics 54 2.7.1. Detonations and Deflagrations 58 2.7.2. Estimating Peak Side-on Overpressures 61 2.7.3. Example Applications 62 2.7.4. Pressure Piling and Deflagration to Detonation Transition 63 2.8. Physical Explosions 64 2.8.1. BLEVEs 65 2.8.2. Rapid Phase Transition Explosions 67 2.9. Vapor Cloud Explosions 68 2.9.1. TNT Equivalency 70 2.9.2. TNO Multi-Energy Method 71 2.9.3. Baker-Strehlow-TangMethod(AIChE, 1999a) 77 2.9.4. Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) Method 82 2.9.5. Example Applications 83 2.10. Runaway Reactions 85 2.10.1. Steady-State and Dynamic Reactor Behavior 88 2.10.2. Experimental Characterization 92 2.11. Condensed Phase Explosions 94 2.12. Fireballs, Pool, Flash, and Jet Fires 96 2.13. Explosion Effects 98 2.13.1. Thermal Exposure 98 2.13.2. Overpressure Exposure 99 2.14. Ignition Sources 103 2.14.1. Static Electricity 105 3 PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF EXPLOSIONS 113 3.1. Additional References 113 3.2. Inherently Safer Design 113 3.3. Using the Flammability Diagram to Avoid Flammable Atmospheres 117 3.4. Inerting and Purging 120 3.4.1. Vacuum Purging 121 3.4.2. Pressure Purging 123 3.4.3. Combined Pressure-Vacuum Purging 124 3.4.4. Sweep Purging 126 3.4.5. Siphon Purging 127 3.4.6. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Various Inerting Procedures 127 3.4.7. Inert Gas Blanketing of Storage Vessels 128 3.4.8. Inert Purging and Blanketing during Drumming Operations 128 3.5. Example Application 130 3.6. Explosion Venting 132 3.7. Grounding and Bonding 132 3.8. Ventilation 138 3.9. Sprinkler and Deluge Systems 139 3.10. Charging and Drumming Flammable Liquids 142 3.11. Example Application 142 3.12. Charging Powders 145 3.13. Electrical Equipment in Hazardous (Classified) Areas 148 3.13.1. Protection Techniques 156 Appendix A DETAILED EQUATIONS FOR FLAMMABILITY DIAGRAMS 161 Part A: Equations Useful for Gas Mixtures 161 Part B: Equations Useful for Placing Vessels Into and Out of Service 165 Appendix B EQUATIONS FOR DETERMINING THE ENERGY OF EXPLOSION 169 B.l. Example Application 171 Appendix C FLAMMABILITY DATA FOR SELECTED MATERIALS 173 Appendix D PROCEDURE FOR EXAMPLE 3.2 177 Appendix E COMBUSTION DATA FOR DUST CLOUDS 191 REFERENCES 193 GLOSSARY 203 INDEX 209
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Deflagration and Detonation Flame Arresters A
Book SynopsisDesigned for personnel involved in the design, operation, and maintenance of facilities and equipment where deflagration and detonation flame arresters (DDFAs) may be required, this book fosters effective application and operation of DDFAs through treatment of their principles of operation, selection, installation, and maintenance methods.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Acronyms and Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Intended Audience. 1.2 Why This Book Was Written. 1.3 What Is Covered in This Book. 1.4 What the Reader Should Learn From This Book. 1.5 Units of Measure. 2. History and State-of-the Art. 2.1 Historical Development of Flame Arresters. 2.2 Case Histories of Successful and Unsuccessful Applications of Flame Arresters. 2.2.1 Successful Applications. 2.2.2 Unsuccessful Applications. 2.3 Evolution of Standards and Codes. 2.3.1 United States. 2.3.2 Canada. 2.3.3 United Kingdom. 2.3.4 Europe and International. 2.4 Safety Concerns and Environmental Regulations: Tradeoffs and Conflicts. 2.5 References. 3. Overview of Deflagration and Detonation Prevention and Protection Practices. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Deflagration and Detonation Flame Arresters. 3.3 Deflagration Venting. 3.4 Oxidant Concentration Reduction. 3.5 Combustible Concentration Reduction. 3.6 Deflagration Suppression. 3.7 Deflagration Pressure Containment. 3.8 Equipment and Piping Isolation. 3.9 References. 4. Overview of Combustion and Flame Propagation Phenomena Related to DDAs. 4.1 Introduction to the Chemistry and Physics of Flame Propagation. 4.1.1 Combustion Chemistry and Thermodynamics. 4.1.2 Flammability Characteristics. 4.1.3 Decomposition Flames. 4.2 Dynamic of Flame Propagation. 4.2.1 Burning Velocity and Flame Speed. 4.2.2 Flame Acceleration and Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT). 4.2.3 Detonations. 4.3 Ignition and Quenching. 4.4 Theoretical Basis for Flame Arrester Design and Operation. 4.5 References. 5. Deflagration and Detonation Flame Arrester Technology. 5.1 Where Flame Arresters May Be Needed. 5.2 Types of Flame Arresters. 5.2.1 Introduction. 5.2.2 Crimped Metal Ribbon. 5.2.3 Parallel Plate. 5.2.4 Expanded Metal Cartridge. 5.2.5 Perforated Plate. 5.2.6 Wire Gauze. 5.2.7 Sintered Metal. 5.2.8 Ceramic Balls. 5.2.9 Metal Shot. 5.2.10 Hydraulic (Liquid Seal) Flame Arrester. 5.2.11 Packed Bed Flame Arrester. 5.2.12 Velocity Flame Stopper. 5.2.13 High Velocity Vent Valve. 5.2.14 Conservation Vent Valves as Flame Arresters. 5.3 Selection and Design Criteria/Considerations. 5.3.1 Classification According to NEC Groups and MESGs. 5.3.2 Reactions and Combustion Dynamics of Fast-Burning Gases. 5.3.3 Flame Propagation Direction. 5.3.4 Quenching Diameter, Quenching Length, and Flame Velocity. 5.3.5 Burnback Resistance. 5.3.6 Pressure Drop Limitations. 5.3.7 Fouling and Plugging Potential and Protection. 5.3.8 Unwanted Phases. 5.3.9 Material Selection Requirements. 5.3.10 Special Design Options. 5.3.11 System Constraints. 5.3.12 Mixture Composition. 5.3.13 Operating Temperature and Pressure. 5.3.14 Ignition Location. 5.3.15 Changes in Pipe Diameter. 5.3.16 Location and Orientation. 5.3.17 Reliability. 5.3.18 Monitoring and Instrumentation. 5.3.19 Inspection and Maintenance Requirements. 5.4 Special Applications. 5.4.1 Hydrogen. 5.4.2 Acetylene. 5.4.3 Ethylene Oxide. 5.5 Information That Should Be Provided to Manufacturers. 5.6 References. 6. Installation in Process Systems. 6.1 Design Considerations with Respect to Other System Components. 6.2 Piping and Flame Arrester System Design Considerations. 6.3 Maintaining Reliability. 6.4 Optimum Location in System. 6.5 Supports for Static and Dynamic Forces. 6.6 References. 7. Inspection and Maintenance of Flame Arresters. 7.1 Need and Importance of Maintenance. 7.2 Mechanical Integrity Issues. 7.2.1 Inspection. 7.2.2 Current Maintenance Practices. 7.2.3 Documentation and Verification of Flame Arrester Maintenance. 7.3 Training and Competence Issues for Operating and Maintenance Personnel. 7.4 On-Stream Isolation and Switching of Parallel Spares. 7.5 Check List for Inspection. 7.6 References. 8. Regulations, Codes, and Standards. 8.1 Regulations, Codes, and Standards Summaries. 8.1.1 United States. 8.1.2 Canada. 8.1.3 United Kingdom. 8.1.4 Europe and International. 8.2 Comparison of Various Flame Arrester Standards and Codes. 8.3 Standards and Codes in Preparation. 8.4 References. 9. Illustrative Examples, Calculations, and Guidelines for DDA Selection. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Example 1-Protective Measures for a Vent Manifold System. 9.3 Example 2-Sizing of an End-of-Line Deflagration Flame Arrester. 9.4 Example 3-Calculation of Limiting Oxidant Concentration (LOC). 9.5 Example 4-Calculation of the LFL and UFL of Mixtures. 9.6 Example 5-Calculation of the MESG of Mixtures. 9.7 Determination If a DDT Can Occur. 9.8 Typical Locations in Process Systems. 9.9 List of Steps in the Selection of a DDA or Other Flame Propagation Control Method. 9.10 References. 10. 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John Wiley & Sons Inc Avoiding Static Ignition Hazards in Chemical
Book SynopsisWritten by Laurence Britton, who has over 20 years'' experience in the fields of static ignition and process fire and explosion hazards research, this resource addresses an area not extensively covered in process safety standards or literature: understanding and reducing potential hazards associated with static electricity. The book covers the nature of static electricity, characteristics and effective energies of different static resources, techniques for evaluating static electricity hazards, general bonding, grounding, and other techniques used to control static or prevent ignition, gases and liquids, powders and hybrid mixtures.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. Purpose. 1.2. Exclusive. 1.3. Units. 1.4. Organization of the Book. Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Static Electricity. 2.1. What is Static Electricity. 2.1.1. Charge Separation. 2.1.2. Magnitude of Current and Potential. 2.1.3. Concentration of Charged Species. 2.1.4. Importance of Trace Contaminants. 2.1.5. Hazard Evaluation. 2.1.6. Statistics. 2.2. Charge Generation. 2.2.1. Induction Charging. 2.2.2. Ionic Charging. 2.3. Charge Dissipation. 2.3.1. Variability of Conductivity. 2.4. Charge Accumulation. 2.5. Ignition. 2.5.1. Effective Energy. 2.6. Static Discharges. 2.6.1. Corona Discharge. 2.6.2. Brush Discharge. 2.6.3. Bulking Brush Discharge. 2.6.4. Spark Discharge. 2.6.5. Propagating Brush Discharge (PBD). 2.6.6. Surface Streamer. 2.7. Personnel Spark and Shock Hazards. 2.7.1. Body Capacitance and Resistance. 2.7.2. Voltage (V) and Energy (W) Attained. 2.7.3. Human Shock Response. Chapter 3. Evaluating the Hazard of Static Electricity. 3.1. General. 3.2. Hazard Identification Methods. 3.2.1. Decision Trees. 3.3. Charge Accumulation. 3.3.1. Conductive Objects. 3.3.2. Nonconductive Objects. 3.4. Energy Estimates. 3.4.1. Charge Sharing. 3.5. Instrumentation. 3.5.1. Charge. 3.5.2. Electric Field. 3.5.3. Potential. 3.5.4. Ignition Energy. 3.5.5. Conductivity of Liquids. 3.5.6. Resistivity of Solids. 3.5.7. Resistance. 3.6. Direct Observation of Discharges. 3.7. Radio Frequency Detection of Discharges. 3.8. Measuring the Effective Energy of Nonspark Discharges. 3.8.1. Gas Composition. Chapter 4. Controlling Electrostatic Hazards. 4.1. Bonding and Grounding. 4.1.1. Definitions. 4.1.2. Purpose of Bonding and Grounding. 4.1.3. Resistance to Ground. 4.1.4. Bonding and Grounding Systems. 4.1.5. Ground Rods. 4.1.6. Grounding and Cathodic Protection. 4.2. Control of Charge Relaxation. 4.2.1. Increase of Conductivity. 4.2.2. Charge Neutralizers. 4.3. Control of Personnel Charging. 4.3.1. Personnel Grounding. 4.3.2. Clothing. 4.3.3. Gloves. 4.4. Control of Flammable Atmospheres. 4.4.1. Liquid Nitrogen/Liquid Air Hazards. Chapter 5. Flammable Liquids, Vapors, and Gases. 5.1. Ignition Hazards of Liquid Vapor and Mist. 5.1.1. Flammable Liquid. 5.1.2. Flammable Limits. 5.1.3. Liquid Mist. 5.1.4. Minimum Ignition Energy (MIE). 5.1.5. Explosion Prevention Systems. 5.2. Generation and Relaxation (Loss) of Charge in Liquid Systems. 5.2.1. Charge Generation. 5.2.2. Charge Density. 5.2.3. Factors Influencing Charge Generation. 5.2.4. Charge Relaxation. 5.2.5. Classification of Liquids based on Conductivity. 5.2.6. Antistatic Additives. 5.2.7. Bonding and Grounding. 5.3. Flow in Pipe, Hose, and Tubing. 5.3.1. Metallic Piping Systems. 5.3.2. Nonconductive Pipe and Linings. 5.3.3. Flexible Hoses. 5.3.4. Dip Pipes. 5.3.5. Filters and Relaxation Tanks. 5.3.6. Suspended Material. 5.3.7. Valves and Other Line Restrictions. 5.4. Filling Criteria for Tank Operations. 5.4.1. Storage Tanks. 5.4.2. Road Tankers. 5.4.3. Rail Cars. 5.4.4. Liquid Phase Mixers, Blenders, and Reactors. 5.4.5. Liquid-Solid Mixers, Blenders and Reactors. 5.4.6. Vacuum Trucks. 5.4.7. Plastic Tanks. 5.5. Sampling, Gauging, and Analysis. 5.5.1. Sample Container Cord. 5.5.2. Sampling. 5.5.3. Gauging. 5.5.4. Portable Flammable Gas Analyzers. 5.6. Tank Cleaning. 5.6.1. Water Washing. 5.6.2. Solvent Washing. 5.6.3. Steam Cleaning. 5.6.4. Acid Washing. 5.6.5. Grit Blasting. 5.7. Portable Tanks. 5.7.1. Metal Portable Tanks. 5.7.2. Plastic Portable Tanks. 5.8. Portable Containers Less Than 60 Gallons Capacity. 5.8.1. All-Steel Drums. 5.8.2. Plastic Lined Drums. 5.8.3. Plastic Drums. 5.8.4. Hand-Held Containers. 5.8.5. Wet-Dry Vacuum Cleaners. 5.9. Miscellaneous Flammable Atmospheres. 5.9.1. Clean Rooms. 5.9.2. Water and Steam Curtains. 5.9.3. Static Electrification in Gas Flow. 5.9.4. Ignition of Vented Gas. 5.9.5. Hazards of Plastic Sheet and Wrap. 5.9.6. Oxidant Enriched Atmospheres. 5.9.7. Elevated Temperature and Pressure. 5.9.8. Automotive and Marine. 5.9.9. Aerosol Spray Cans. 5.10. Cathode Ray Tube Video Display Screens. 5.10.1. Cleaning. 5.10.2. Screens in Hazardous Locations. 5.10.3. Static Dissipating Screen Overlays. Chapter 6. Powders and Solids. 6.1. Flammability of Dust Suspensions. 6.1.1. Flammable Limits. 6.1.2. Minimum Ignition Energy (MIE) of Dust Suspensions. 6.1.3. Hybrid Mixtures. 6.1.4. Unstable or Energetic Powders. 6.1.5. Effect of Temperature on Ignition Energy. 6.1.6. Effect of Moisture on Ignition Energy. 6.2. Charging Mechanisms. 6.2.1. Charge Density. 6.2.2. Classification of Powders Based on Conductivity. 6.3. Pneumatic Conveying. 6.3.1. Charging in Pipeline Flow. 6.3.2. Special Grounding Cases. 6.4. Types of Static Discharge in Powder Systems. 6.4.1. Sparks. 6.4.2. Bulking Brush Discharges. 6.4.3. Propagating Brush Discharge. 6.5. General Operations. 6.5.1. Vacuum Trucks. 6.5.2. Bag Houses. 6.6. Manual Transfers from Portable Containers. 6.7. Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs). 6.7.1. Powder Transfers in Air Atmospheres. 6.7.2. Powder Transfers from FIBCs to Flammable Liquids. 6.7.3. Conductive and Antistatic FIBCs. 6.7.4. Vacuum FIBC Transfers. Appendix A. Explanatory Material. Propagating Brush Discharge. Resistance to Ground. MIE of Liquid Mists. 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