Struggle in a time of crisis / edited by Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Mbuso Nkosi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pons-Vignon, Nicolas, editor.

Nkosi, Mbuso, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays from the Global Labour Column which highlight the role of labour in the fightback against neoliberalism.

Contents:

""3. State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the United Kingdom - Frederic Sterling Lee""""4. Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences - Ilan Strauss""; ""5. T-shirt Economics: Labour in the Imperialist World Economy - Tony Norfield""; ""Section 2: Europe in Turmoil""; ""6. Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika's Austerity Trap - Giorgos Argitis""; ""7. The ECB's Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis - Carlo D'Ippoliti""; ""8. Europe's Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation - Hansjorg Herr""

""20. The 2012 Strike Wave, Marikana and the History of Rock Drillers in South African Mines - Paul Stewart""""Section 5: Good Samaritans? Institutional Responses to Labour Right Abuses""; ""21. Where is Decent Work in DfID Policy? Marketisation and Securitisation of UK 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 13, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783717323

1783717327

9781783717316

1783717319