Description
Book SynopsisEssays from the Global Labour Column which highlight the role of labour in the fightback against neoliberalism.
Table of ContentsList of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Mbuso Nkosi
Part I: Understanding the Crisis
1. Planet Earth Is Wage-led! - Özlem Onaran
2. From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics - Thomas I. Palley
3. State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the U.K. - Fred Lee
4. Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences - Ilan Strauss
5. T-shirt Economics: Labour in the Imperialist World Economy - Tony Norfield
Part II: Europe in Turmoil
6. Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika's Austerity Trap - Giorgios Argitis
7. The ECB's Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis - Carlo D'Ippoliti
8. Europe's Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation - Hansjörg Herr
9. The Crisis, Structural Reform and the Fortification of Neoliberalism in Europe - Christoph Hermann
10. The Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Europe: Some Worrying Trends and Worse May Be to Come - Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt
Part III: Exploring Alternatives
11. Tackling Unemployment and Growing Public Debt - Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury
12. Tax for Equity (T4E): Getting Wages Back on Track - Frank Hoffer
13. The State as the Employer of Last Resort - Cédric Durand and Dany Lang
14. 'We are Steaming Ahead': NUMSA's Road to the Left - Interview with Karl Cloete
15. Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards a New Progressive Consensus - João Antônio Felício
Part IV: Resisting Exploitation and Neoliberalism
16. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Outcome? - Carol Jess
17. Right to Work and Michigan Labour - Roland Zullo
18. A Site of Struggle: Organised Labour and Domestic Worker Organising in Mozambique - Ruth Castel-Branco
19. Constructing an Anti-Neoliberal Analysis to Arrive at Truly Alternative Alternatives - Salimah Valiani
20. The 2012 Strike Wave, Marikana and the History of Rock Drillers in South African Mines - Paul Stewart
Part V: Good Samaritans? Institutional Responses to Labour Right Abuses
21. Where is Decent Work in DfID Policy? Marketisation and Securitisation of U.K. International Aid - Phoebe V. Moore
22. The National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labour in Brazil: A Useful Tool for Unions? - Lisa Carstensen and Siobhán McGrath
23. Better Work or ‘Ethical Fix’? Lessons from Cambodia’s Apparel Industry - Dennis Arnold
24. Putting Workers' Agency at the Centre in the Indonesian Sportswear Industry - Karin A. Siegmann, Jeroen Merk and Peter Knorringa
25. Rana Plaza: Private Governance and Corporate Power in Global Supply Chains - Tandiwe Gross
Part VI: 'Workers of the World, Unite': Challenges and Opportunities of Transnational Solidarity
26. Rank and File Participation and International Union Democracy - Vasco Pedrina
27. Trade Unions, Free Trade and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity - Andreas Bieler
28. Modelling a Global Union Strategy: The Arena of Global Production Networks, Global Framework Agreements and Trade Union Networks - Michael Fichter
29. Trade Unions, Globalisation and Internationalism - Ronaldo Munck
30. Chinese Construction Companies in Africa: A Challenge for Trade Unions - Eddie Cottle
Notes on Contributors
Index
