Organizing insurgency : workers' movements in the Global South / Immanuel Ness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ness, Immanuel, author.

Series:

Wildcat

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Developing countries.

Labor movement.

Labor movement--History.

Asia, Southern.

Developing countries.

Medical Subjects:

Asia, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Pluto Press, [2021]

Summary:

The Global South is the epicentre of workers' struggles today.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Series Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Forging a New Global Workers' Movement

Part I: Theories and Concepts of Labour in the Global South

1. The Labour Atlas: The Southern Working Class Holding Up the World

2. Workers' Movements in the South: Inequality, Poverty and Enduring Relevance of Rural Proletariat and Informal Sector Workers

Part II: Case Studies: Rural and Informal Labour Struggles

3. Primitive Steel Manufacturing for the Global Consumer Market: Capital, Super-exploitation and Surplus Value in Wazirpur, India

4. The Enduring System of Global Agricultural Commodity Production and First World Commodity Extraction: The Case of Mindanao, the Philippines

5. Global Capitalism: Corporate Restructuring, Labour Brokering, and Working-class Mobilizations in South Africa

6. Conclusion: Labour Struggles and Political Organization

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780745343617

0745343619

9780745343631

0745343635

OCLC:

1245664094