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Author:   Nicolas Pons-Vignon (University of the Witwatersrand) ,  Mbuso Nkosi (University of the Witwatersrand)
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.253kg
ISBN:  

9780745336213

ISBN 10:   0745336213
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 May 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List 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

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Nicolas Pons-Vignon is a Senior Researcher with the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is the editor of the Global Labour Column and the co-editor of Struggle in a Time of Crisis (Pluto, 2015). Mbuso Nkosi is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He serves as the co-editor of the Global Labour Column journal and is co-editor of Struggle in a Time of Crisis (Pluto, 2015).

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