Uncertain times  anthropological approaches to labor in a neoliberal world / 
edited by E. Paul Durrenberger. 
 - Boulder :  University Press of Colorado,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607326311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business anthropology.<br/>Organizational behavior.<br/>Labor unions.<br/>Labor unions--Organizing.<br/>Neoliberalism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN450  / .U534 2017