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035 _a(DE-B1597)458932
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082 0 4 _a331.880954
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHensman, Rohini
_eautore
245 1 0 _aWorkers, Unions, and Global Capitalism :
_bLessons from India /
_cRohini Hensman.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (440 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAbbreviations --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Emancipatory Action Research Into Workers' Struggles --
_t2. Defining Globalization --
_t3. Four Sources of the Global Crisis of 2008 --
_t4. Capital, the State, and Trade Union Rights --
_t5. Employees' Unions: An Experiment in Union Democracy --
_t6. Informal Labor: The Struggle for Legal Recognition --
_t7. Working Women and Reproductive Labor --
_t8. Employment Creation and Welfare --
_t9. International Strategies --
_t10. Conclusion: Toward Global Solidarity --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWhile it's easy to blame globalization for shrinking job opportunities, dangerous declines in labor standards, and a host of related discontents, the "flattening" of the world has also created unprecedented opportunities for worker organization. By expanding employment in developing countries, especially for women, globalization has formed a basis for stronger workers' rights, even in remote sites of production. Using India's labor movement as a model, Rohini Hensman charts the successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses, of the struggle for workers' rights and organization in a rich and varied nation. As Indian products gain wider acceptance in global markets, the disparities in employment conditions and union rights between such regions as the European Union and India's vast informal sector are exposed, raising the issue of globalization's implications for labor. Hensman's study examines the unique pattern of "employees' unionism," which emerged in Bombay in the 1950s, before considering union responses to recent developments, especially the drive to form a national federation of independent unions. A key issue is how far unions can resist protectionist impulses and press for stronger global standards, along with the mechanisms to enforce them. After thoroughly unpacking this example, Hensman zooms out to trace the parameters of a global labor agenda, calling for a revival of trade unionism, the elimination of informal labor, and reductions in military spending to favor funding for comprehensive welfare and social security systems.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aGlobalization
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zIndia.
650 0 _aLabor
_zIndia.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/hens14800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231519564
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