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Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives
Holly Dan Cornfield
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Description for Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives
Hardback. By presenting a research agenda the editors reveal the need for a labour revitalization process that takes into account national and regional sensibilities, regarding such an undertaking in the key labour markets of the world. Editor(s): Cornfield, Daniel B.; McCammon, Holly J. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
This work examines variations among nations in the wide array of initiatives labour unions and labour movements are taking to strengthen themselves and recruit new members. Moving beyond previous research on the factors leading to union decline, the international group of scholars who have contributed to this volume present a research agenda on the many initiatives unions are taking - and the different social, economic, and political challenges they face in several world regions, as labour movements endeavor to revitalize themselves. These revitalizing initiatives include changing labor leadership and membership organizing strategies; "social movement unionism"; broadening the range of services ... Read more
This work examines variations among nations in the wide array of initiatives labour unions and labour movements are taking to strengthen themselves and recruit new members. Moving beyond previous research on the factors leading to union decline, the international group of scholars who have contributed to this volume present a research agenda on the many initiatives unions are taking - and the different social, economic, and political challenges they face in several world regions, as labour movements endeavor to revitalize themselves. These revitalizing initiatives include changing labor leadership and membership organizing strategies; "social movement unionism"; broadening the range of services ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Research in the Sociology of Work
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762308828
SKU
V9780762308828
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Reviews for Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives
"...all those interested in the vital question of organized labor's future will find valuable insights in Labor Revitalization." - Craig Phelan, LABOR HISTORY