Labor Revitalization by Daniel B Cornfield
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 provided to union members; and pursuing political and legal reform that achieves freedom of association. The contemporary cases of labour revitalization in this volume have occurred in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. The research agenda presented here rests on the conceptualization of labour revitalization as socially embedded action, or strategic action taken by labor unions to strengthen themselves by redefining their relationships with workers, employers and states. Each of the three parts of Labor Revitalization addresses labour's changing relationships with workers, employers, and states, respectively.-
Worker Organizing
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Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market
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Economic Sociology of Work
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Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace
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Comparing European Workers
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Precarious Work
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Work and Family in the New Economy
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Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes
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Immigration and Work
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Entrepreneurship
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Work and Family
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The Sociology of Job Training
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Workplace Temporalities
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The Transformation of Work
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Marginal Employment
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Deviance in the Workplace
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Globalism/Localism at Work
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Religion, Work, and Inequality
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Worker Participation
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Employability
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Networks, Work, and Inequality
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Work and Organizations in China after Thirty Years of Transition
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Institutions and Entrepreneurship
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Essentiality of Work
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Race, Identity and Work
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Work and Labor in the Digital Age
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Professional Work
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Ethnographies of Work
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A Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson
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Research in the Sociology of Work
"..all those interested in the vital question of organized labor's future will find valuable insights in Labor Revitalization." - Craig Phelan, LABOR HISTORY
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| ISBN 13 | 9780762308828 |
| ISBN 10 | 0762308826 |
| Title | Labor Revitalization |
| Author | Daniel B Cornfield |
| Series | Research In The Sociology Of Work |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Year published | 2003-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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