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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Ness, Immanuel (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Southern insurgency [Texte électronique] : the coming of the global working class / Immanuel Ness
Publication : London : Pluto Press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
Collection : Wildcat: Workers' Movements and Global Capitalism
Note(s) : The site of industrial struggle is shifting. The West needs to look further if it
wants to understand how workers' self-organization is developing in countries it too
often ignores. Across the Global South, peasant communities are forced off the land
to live and work in harsh and impoverished conditions. Inevitably, new methods of
combating the spread of industrial capitalism are evolving in ambitious, militant
and creative ways. Southern Insurgency will lead the way in examining these organizations
in the contemporary era. Immanuel Ness looks at three key countries: China, India
and South Africa. In each case he considers the broader historical forces at play
-- the effects of imperialism, the decline of the trade union movement, the class
struggle and the effects of the growing reserve army of labor. For each case study,
he narrows his focus to reveal the specifics of each grassroots insurgency: the militancy
of the miners in South Africa, the new labor organizations in India and export promotion
and the rise of worker insurgency in China. A result of intensive, dedicated firsthand
research, at the heart of Southern Insurgency is a study of the nature of the new
industrial proletariat in the Global South - a terrifying, precarious existence -
but also one of experimentation, solidarity and struggle. -- Provided by publisher.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783717088
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45079801b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45079801
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Cover; Contents; Maps, Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction:
The New International Working Class; Part I: Capitalism and Imperialism; 1. The Industrial
Proletariat of the Global South; 2. Migration and the Reserve Army of Labor; Part
II: Case Studies; 3. India: Neoliberal Industrialization, Class Formation, and Mobilization;
4. China: State Capitalism, Foreign Investment, and Worker Insurgency; 5. South Africa:
Post-Apartheid Labor Militancy in the Mining Sector; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index.
