Labor, Capitalism, and Class Power /

What role can and should the working class play under 21st century global capitalism? The scholars contained in this work approach questions regarding the place of labor in a variety of forms under neoliberal capitalism. These chapters examine labor as political and social movements, both in and out...

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Other Authors: Bass III, G. Nelson (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 356.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Call Number: DT727

Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1 Introduction
  •   G. Nelson Bass III
  • 2 How Neoliberal Authoritarian Populism Overwhelmed Social Democracy in Britain: the Defeat of the Labour Party in the 219 Election
  •   Jamie A. Gough
  • 3 From Protest to Politics: Lessons from Greece, Spain, the UK, and the US
  •   Martin Hart-Landsberg
  • 4 Disaster Capitalism: Haiti and the Refashioning of Transnational Apparel Networks
  •   Ransford F. Edwards Jr.
  • 5 Immigrant Labor under Siege: Borders, Capital, and the Logic of Global Capitalism
  •   William I. Robinson and Xuan Santos
  • 6 The Continuing Failure of the AFL-CIO Leadership
  •   Kim Scipes
  • 7 Cheap Labor on the Farm: 1 Years of Minor League Player Exploitation
  •   G. Nelson Bass III and Ronald W. Cox
  • 8 Epilogue
  •   G. Nelson Bass III
  • Index.