Información General

• Autores: Heather Connolly (ed. lit.), Lefteris Kretsos (ed. lit.), Craig Phelan (coord.)
• Editores: Oxford : Peter Lang, 2014
• Año de publicación: 2014
• País: España
• Idioma: español
• ISBN: 978-3-0343-0803-8
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Resumen

• This book analyses contemporary trends in radical unionism in Europe. It contains nine country case-studies that probe the limits and possibilities of trade union renewal with a focus on radical activity. The editors follow a broad definition of radical unionism, including trade union organisations that can be characterised as radical either in terms of ideology and political identity or in terms of organising and mobilising activity. The ongoing economic crisis and consequent austerity measures, and employers' strategies for increasing labour market flexibility have encouraged the deregulation of capitalism in Europe. The question this book asks is whether radicalised unionism, political action and grassroots activism present opportunities for union renewal and collective interest representation in this economic context. This question is examined in nine national contexts with diverse industrial relations frameworks and trade unions. The editors assess the degree to which we are witnessing the emergence of "radical political unionism" as an alternative model of trade unionism in Europe, focused on class struggle, engagement in social movement activity beyond the workplace, and politicised union strategies aligned to new left-wing political formations.

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Listado de artículos

• • The Future of European Unions: Radical Prospects?

    Craig Phelan

    págs. 1-27

    

  • Towards Radical Political Unionism?

    Martin Upchurch, Andrew Mathers, Graham Taylor

    págs. 29-48

    

  • Trade Union Radicalism in France: The Renewal of Radicalism in the Context of Crisis and Austerity?

    Heather Connolly

    págs. 49-67

    

  • Britain: Striking Unionism With a Political Cutting Edge

    Ralph Darlington

    págs. 69-88

    

  • The Independent Workers' Union: Class, Nation and Oppositional Labour Movements in Ireland from 1900 to the Celtic Tiger

    Paul Stewart

    págs. 89-110

    

  • Radical Trade Unionism in Spain: The Re-Invention and Re-Imagination of Autonomy and Democracy Within and Around the Union Movement During the Past Century

    Carlos Jesús Fernández Rodríguez, Rafael Ibáñez Rojo, Miguel Martínez Lucio

    págs. 111-135

    

  • Radical Unionism in Italy - Back to the Future: Fiom and Chainworkers

    Elanor Colleoni, Stefania Marino, Manuela Galetto

    págs. 137-155

    

  • The Wind of Austerity in the Sails of Radicalism: The Greek Example

    Lefteris Kretsos

    págs. 157-181

    

  • Radical Trade Unionism in Portugal: Between Maximalist Vanguardism and Ongoing Radicalisation

    Alan Stoleroff

    págs. 183-207

    

  • Radical Trade Unions in Poland: The Meanings and Mechanisms of Union Radicalisation in a Post-Socialist Capitalism

    Adam Mrozowicki, Piotr Antoniewicz

    págs. 209-230

    

  • Hungarian Unions: Toward Assuming Political Roles

    László Neumann

    págs. 231-255