Uncertain times anthropological approaches to labor in a neoliberal world / edited by E. Paul Durrenberger.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Hope for Labor in a Neoliberal World; 1. Anthropologists, Activists, and the Labor Movement; Industry; 2. The Gift of Labor: The Town, the Union, and the Corporate State in the Demise of the Swedish Car Industry; 3. Trade Unions, Labor Conflict, and Contested Institutions in the Swiss Construction Industry; 4. Union Power and Transnational Corporations in the Argentine Steel Industry; 5. Agents of Change or Status Quo? Labor NGOs in South China; 6. Labor Struggles in the Shipbuilding Industry of Piraeus

7. The Struggle for Labor Rights in the Maquiladoras of Northern MexicoAgriculture; 8. Growers, Unions, and Farm Laborers in Mexico's Baja California; 9. Policies, Economic Forces, Class Relations, and Unions in Spain's Strawberry Fields; Retail and Service; 10. Subcontracted Employment and the Labor Movement's Response in Turkey; 11. Organized Labor in Contemporary Israeli Retail Chains; 12. National Unions, International Capital, and Bank Workers; Conclusion: Is There Hope in the Neoliberal World of Labor?; Notes on the Authors; Index

"The first-ever collection of labor anthropology from around the world, Uncertain Times addresses the theory that traditional labor union organization has been co-opted by the neoliberal policies of corporate capital and become a member service rather than a driver of social movements"--Provided by publisher.

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