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Labour Beyond Cosatu

Author : Andries Bezuidenhout
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776141512
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Labour Beyond Cosatu written by Andries Bezuidenhout and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labour Beyond Cosatu is the fourth volume in the series Taking Democracy Seriously – a ground-breaking, textured and nuanced study on workers and democracy – which was established in the 1990s. The series looks at members of trade unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and provides a rich database of trade union members and research conducted over the past twenty years. It is one of the very few such resources available to researchers anywhere in the world. Labour Beyond Cosatu paints a complex picture. The 12 chapters of the volume explore various rebellions and conflicts in the trade union sector, starting with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and rivalries between Cosatu affiliates. Unpacking the conflicts between state-sector and private-sector workers, contributors look at the impact of generational and educational shifts, seen by some commentators as proof that Cosatu is now ‘middle class’. The book also raises the issue of gender in the unions by usefully locating the controversy around charges levelled at Zwelinzima Vavi in 2013 in the larger context of serious problems in the gender politics within parts of Cosatu. Refuting the image of a union federation solidly committed to the ANC, Labour Beyond Cosatu presents evidence of a sharp decline in support for the ANC within Cosatu, and growing scepticism towards the Alliance. It shows that attempts to understand the labour movement in South Africa in the future will need to include research of smaller, independent unions and social movements. The volume’s contributors make a major contribution to key debates on labour and democracy, providing new material that can potentially shift the discussion in important ways. This book will be of great value to students and researchers in Industrial Sociology, Political Studies, Industrial Psychology and Economics and Management.

Labour Disrupted

Author : Malehoko Tshoaedi
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776148223
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Labour Disrupted written by Malehoko Tshoaedi and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in the 50th anniversary year of the 1973 Durban strikes, Labour Disruptedhonours this milestone by reflecting on the past and the future of labour, primarily in South Africa but also globally. It focuses on how South Africa's lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic further exposed key contradictions and challenges that labour movements face. The contributions include a diverse range of topics by those actively engaged in the labour movement, who tackle a number of thorny issues: from redefining democracy in South Africa, to experiences of inclusiveness (or lack thereof) in workplace environments by women, young people, migrant workers, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities. They address contemporary issues related to the use of technology and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the youth and the working class, and the challenge of skills development and restructuring in the workplace. Labour Disrupteddebates new forms of organising and labour movement alliances required to address issues of social justice in education, health and community solidarity, and exposes the precariousness of union organisation under the brutal forces of globalisation.

Inequality Studies from the Global South

Author : David Francis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000061914
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inequality Studies from the Global South written by David Francis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to thinking about inequality, and to understanding how inequality is produced and reproduced in the global South. Without the safety net of the various Northern welfare states, inequality in the global South is not merely a socio-economic problem, but an existential threat to the social contract that underpins the democratic state and society itself. Only a response that is firmly grounded in the context of the global South can hope to address this problem. This collection brings together scholars from across the globe, with a particular focus on the global South, to address broad thematic areas such as the conceptual and methodological challenges of measuring inequality; the political economy of inequality in the global South; inequality in work, households and the labour market; and inequalities in land, spaces and cities. The book concludes by suggesting alternatives for addressing inequality in the global South and around the world. The pioneering ideas and theories put forward by this volume make it essential reading for students and researchers of global inequality across the fields of sociology, economics, law, politics, global studies and development studies.

Beyond the Valley

Author : Ramesh Srinivasan
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262539608
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Valley written by Ramesh Srinivasan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet. In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of buying from Amazon, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices, but it's a one-way, top-down process. We're not asked for our input, or our opinions—only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. It's time, Srinivasan argues, that we think in terms beyond the Valley. Srinivasan focuses on the disconnection he sees between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us. The recent Cambridge Analytica and Russian misinformation scandals exemplify the imbalance of a digital world that puts profits before inclusivity and democracy. In search of a more democratic internet, Srinivasan takes us to the mountains of Oaxaca, East and West Africa, China, Scandinavia, North America, and elsewhere, visiting the “design labs” of rural, low-income, and indigenous people around the world. He talks to a range of high-profile public figures—including Elizabeth Warren, David Axelrod, Eric Holder, Noam Chomsky, Lawrence Lessig, and the founders of Reddit, as well as community organizers, labor leaders, and human rights activists.. To make a better internet, Srinivasan says, we need a new ethic of diversity, openness, and inclusivity, empowering those now excluded from decisions about how technologies are designed, who profits from them, and who are surveilled and exploited by them.

Recasting Workers' Power

Author : Edward Webster
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529218802
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Recasting Workers' Power written by Edward Webster and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalisation can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.

Rethinking Institutions, Processes and Development in Africa

Author : Ernest Aniche
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538151138
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Institutions, Processes and Development in Africa written by Ernest Aniche and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by the economic perspective of development despite the emergence of the humanistic perspective of development. The humanistic perspective is a more embracing, encompassing, and comprehensive view of development than its economic counterpart and offers a better explanation of the African situation. It is essential to examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development. This collection examines democratic institutions and processes in post-independence Africa. The contributors examine the political institutional processes in post-colonial Africa, evaluating the workings of institutions such as education, bureaucracy, interest groups, trade unions, and problems of enforcements in Africa. It also discusses the relevance of creative arts for political socialization as well as the role effects of privatization on service delivery in contemporary African societies.

Striking Back

Author : Jeremy Baskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Striking Back written by Jeremy Baskin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise?

Author : Salimah Valiani
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 0639986676
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (399 download)

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Book Synopsis The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise? by : Salimah Valiani

Download or read book The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise? written by Salimah Valiani and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of mining in South Africa is hotly contested. Wide-ranging views from multiple quarters rarely seem to intersect, placing emphasis on different questions without engaging in holistic debate. This book aims to catalyse change by gathering together fragmented views into unifying conversations. It highlights the importance of debating the future of mining in South Africa and for reaching consensus in other countries across the mineral-dependent globe. It covers issues such as the potential of platinum to spur industrialisation, land and dispossession on the platinum belt, the roles of the state and capital in mineral development, mining in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the experiences of women in and affected by mining since the late 19th century and mine worker organising: history and lessons and how post-mine rehabilitation can be tackled. It was inspired not only by an appreciation of South Africas extensive mineral endowments, but also by a realisation that, while the South African mining industry performs relatively well on many technical indicators, its management of broader social issues leaves much to be desired. It needs to be deliberated whether the mining industry can play as critical a role going forward as it did in the evolution of the countrys economy.

International and Comparative Employment Relations

Author : Greg J. Bamber
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529756065
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book International and Comparative Employment Relations written by Greg J. Bamber and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions, this text offers a systematic overview of international employment relations. Chapters cover the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, China, India and South Africa. Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social and political. They consider the roles of the major players and outline the various processes of employment relations, including collective bargaining and arbitration, consultation and employee involvement. The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated with new examples and discussion questions to engage students and encourage critical thinking. A revamped set of online resources includes PowerPoint slides for lecturers to use in their teaching, as well as useful web links to enhance learning.

Challenging Inequality in South Africa

Author : Michelle Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000194175
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Challenging Inequality in South Africa written by Michelle Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Challenging Inequality in South Africa: Transitional Compasses leading scholars of South Africa explore creative possibilities to challenge structures of economic, social and political power that produce inequality. Through concrete empirical examples of movements, workers’ struggles, initiatives, and politics in challenging inequality, the authors illustrate ‘transitional compasses’ that go beyond protest politics to a ‘generative’ politics, a politics of building the alternatives in the interstitial spaces of capitalism. The conceptual framing is oriented around the way in which power is produced and reproduced through intricate relationships between hegemonic projects and everyday life. While power underpins all social relations, it is often taken for granted, as it is frequently hidden behind other social relations. Resistance to power emerges through engendering counter-hegemonic projects that are intertwined with alternative everyday practices. The authors highlight sources of alternative forms of power found in resistance to dominant forms of power through concrete experiences to create transformative alternatives. To concretize the conceptual framing, the authors look at the emancipatory possibilities of a universal basic income, the use of law in tackling inequality in health and education, creative initiatives to establish a people-centred food system through food sovereignty, new forms of organizing led by precarious workers, democratic possibilities in local state delivery, and attempts at reconceptualizing the good life by looking at issues of happiness and ecosocialism. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Globalizations.

Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work

Author : Maurizio Atzeni
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839106581
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work written by Maurizio Atzeni and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work.

Practising CSR in the Middle East

Author : Belaid Rettab
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030020444
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Practising CSR in the Middle East written by Belaid Rettab and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by two renowned specialists in CSR in the Middle East, this book features contributions from leading CSR scholars in the region. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the most pertinent issues within the subject area, and also includes a number of real life case studies addressing emerging and timely CSR topics facing organizations in the Middle East. The book is intended for researchers and students of CSR, providing a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, best practices and current debates focused upon the Middle East.

Global Perspectives on Workers' and Labour Organizations

Author : Maurizio Atzeni
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811078831
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Workers' and Labour Organizations written by Maurizio Atzeni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book broadens the research on the underworld of precarious and not-represented workers, through a selection of original case studies from across the globe written by leading experts. The book unveils the working conditions affecting this vast labour force that is so important to capital accumulation in the global age. It also helps us to understand the forms and processes of organization that these groups of workers, almost on an everyday basis, put in place to improve their working conditions and lived experiences.

The Politics of Solidarity

Author : Carmen Ludwig
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3593441020
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Solidarity written by Carmen Ludwig and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politische Transformation - und dann? 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der Apartheid sieht sich die südafrikanische Gesellschaft nach wie vor mit drastischen Ungleichheiten konfrontiert. Carmen Ludwig nimmt den Wandel öffentlicher Dienstleistungen im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika und die Auswirkungen der kommunalen Privatisierungen in den Blick. Sie zeigt anhand dreier Großstädte politische Konfliktlinien und lokale Gewerkschaftsstrategien im Spannungsfeld von in- und exklusiver Solidarität auf. Zudem stellt sie die Frage, wie es Gewerkschaften gelingen kann, Solidarität in fragmentierten Belegschaften herzustellen.

Labour Internationalism in the Global South

Author : Robert O'Brien
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108480918
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Labour Internationalism in the Global South written by Robert O'Brien and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of labour internationalism that explores in depth the experience of the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR). This book will interest anyone concerned with the role of labour in the global economy, economic justice, global social movements, and internationalism.

Critical Engagement with Public Sociology

Author : Andries Bezuidenhout
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529221153
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Critical Engagement with Public Sociology written by Andries Bezuidenhout and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Involving four generations of Global South researchers, this book provides a theoretical and empirical critique of Burawoy’s model of public sociology. It offers a bridge between debates on public sociology and decolonial frameworks.

Youth Unemployment Scenarios

Author : Maximilian Matschke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100073773X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Youth Unemployment Scenarios written by Maximilian Matschke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the factors driving youth unemployment in South Africa, exploring potential future outcomes of its mass unemployment, and offering a variety of strategies to avoid an impending crisis in the country. Utilizing scenario analysis rooted in complex systems theory while building on statistical and fi eld research, the author illustrates four possible future states of youth employment in South Africa in the year 2040. This includes the South African version of the Arab Spring, where young people riot or agitate for extreme political and social change because of a belief that access to education and jobs is only possible through social status or corruption (Spring), fair access to a high number of jobs supported by Chinese interventions (Summer), a technology- driven decline in the number of jobs where merit- based access for youth is granted (Fall), and the collapse of the economy, with the economy collapsing and youth becoming increasingly desperate (Winter). The author then presents five strategies to fight youth unemployment, including training of youth to start businesses, stimulating small- and medium- sized enterprises, and sending unemployed youth abroad for skills development and to where their labour is needed. This book will be of interest to scholars of South African politics and economics, labour economics and youth studies, and readers with an interest in tackling youth unemployment independent of the country.