Trade unions

';Dalla Costa shows that with the New Deal, the state began to plan the ';social factory'that is, the home, the family, the school, and above all women's labor, on which the productivity and pacification of industrial relations was made to rest.

If the American labor movement is to rise again, it will not be as a result of electing Democrats, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing.

It is hard to believe that there was a time, not long ago, when there was no right to obtain government information, no protection against hazards in children's toys and other consumer products, no federal safety standards for motor vehicles, and no insurance to protect an investors' money and securities in brokerage accounts.

In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power in South Africa.

In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power in South Africa.

Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother?

This volume explores the political implications of violence and alterity (radical difference) for the practice of democracy, and reformulates the possibility of community that democracy is said to entail.

This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades.

This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'.

Cultural warfare and trust: fighting the Mafia in Palermo concentrates on a central issue in research on democratic processes: the development of generalised trust.

The book builds an innovative theoretical framework, through which previously neglected international factors are brought into the analysis of transitions to democracy.

This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the 'democratic project' which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations.

This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'.

This volume explores the political implications of violence and alterity (radical difference) for the practice of democracy, and reformulates the possibility of community that democracy is said to entail.

The book builds an innovative theoretical framework, through which previously neglected international factors are brought into the analysis of transitions to democracy.

Cultural warfare and trust: fighting the Mafia in Palermo concentrates on a central issue in research on democratic processes: the development of generalised trust.

This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades.

Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care.

The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workersa sociological exploration that reads like a novel.

After a generation of retreat and decline, the trade unions are once more starting to command the public agenda and become a major force in political and social life in the UK.

US Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s.

The first attempt since the 1980s to analyse the British state's capacity to block change and derail social movements.

In this short and accessible book, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, presents the case for joining a trade union.

There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the theorization of labour regimes in various disciplines.

There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the theorization of labour regimes in various disciplines.

Rumours of the death of the global labour movement have been greatly exaggerated.

Rumours of the death of the global labour movement have been greatly exaggerated.

Higher education has long been contested terrain.

Higher education has long been contested terrain.

In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested.

In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions?

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions?

Capitalism is a dynamic system, continually adapting itself to exploit workers in new ways.

Capitalism is a dynamic system, continually adapting itself to exploit workers in new ways.

**Winner of the UALE Book Award 2021**Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic.

**Winner of the UALE Book Award 2021**Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic.

In 2009, cabin crew in the BASSA union embarked on a historic, two-year battle against British Airways which was seeking to impose reduced crew levels and to transform working conditions.

In 2009, cabin crew in the BASSA union embarked on a historic, two-year battle against British Airways which was seeking to impose reduced crew levels and to transform working conditions.

From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia.

From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia.

The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital.

The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital.

The debate around growing inequality is raging amongst economists, and Marxists are finding new ways to map-out the modern economy.

How and why has solidarity changed over time?

Global capitalism is a precarious system.