Ronaldo Munck

Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalization: Alternative Union Models in the New World Order - International Political Economy Series Ronaldo Munck 1999 edition

Marc Notes: A collection of 15 essays.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: For anyone interested in the revitalization of labor, ties between labor and other social movements, or labor transnationalism, it is a worthwhile to read at least some of this book. "Industrial and Labor Relations Review"Biographical Note: Ronaldo Munck is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. Peter Waterman is Senior Lecturer in Politics of Alternative Development Strategies at the Institure of Social Science, the Netherlands. Table of Contents: Preface * Part I: Context * Labor Dilemmas and Labor Futures--R. Munck * Part II: Theoretical Perspectives * The Crisis of Trade Union Representation: New Forms of Social Integration and Autonomy-Construction--A. Catalano * A Task for the Unions: The Liberation of Time from Work--A. Gorz * Multiple Identities and Multiple Strategies: Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy--A Chhachhi & R. Pittin * Part III: Labor West and East * The Future of the US Labor Movement in an Era of Global Economic Integration--G. DeMartino * The Russian Trade Unions: From Chaos to a New Paradigm--K. Buketov * The Future of the Japanese Automobile Industry: Coexistence with the World Consumers and Employers--Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Union * Five Alternative Scenarios for West European Unionism--R. Hyman * Part IV: Labor South * The Labor Movement, Radical Reform and the Transition to Democracy in South Africa--G. Alder & E. Webster * The Restructuring of Labor and Trade Union Responses in Brazil--J. Ramalho * Labor, Industry and the State in India and Pakistan--C. Candland * Part V: Key Issues * Ecology and Labor: Towards a New Social Paradigm--L. Adkin * Global Unionism: The Challenge--V. Thorpe * Trade Unions, Computer Communications and the New World Order--E. Lee * Part VI: Perspectives * The New Social Unionism: A New Union Model for a New World Order--P. Waterman * IndexPublisher Marketing: Internationally the trade union movement is finding itself peripheralized by a series of mutually reinforcing processes - the ongoing world economic crisis; the uneven transition from an industrial to an information and service capitalism; the aggressive policies of neoliberalism; the collapse of communism and radical nationalism; the decline of the social-democratic or labour tradition - and by a globalization that undermines the nation-state to which union hopes have long been pinned. The editors argue that this crisis provides an opportunity for labour to recover or reinvent itself. They see this in terms of a labour response to the waves of energy coming from the new global social movements (women, ecology, human rights/democracy, and so on). Publisher Marketing: Argues that the current debilitated state of trade union movement throughout the world provides an opportunity for it to reinvent itself into a force that is effective in the global economy ahead. Many of the 15 contributions suggest how it can respond to the waves of energy coming from the global s

Contributor Bio:  Munck, Ronaldo Ronaldo Munck is currently working at the President s Office at Dublin City University as strategic director of the university s engagement with globalization and social development. He was recently Professor of Political Sociology and Head of the Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit at the University of Liverpool. He has published over twenty books in the areas of development studies, labor studies, and the new globalization studies. He is currently researching the role of global social movements in regulating free market global capitalism. Contributor Bio:  Waterman, Peter Peter Waterman is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies and hosts the Global Solidarity Website from the Hague, Netherlands.