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Originally published in 1991, this volume discusses the urban working class, international migrants and the so-called lumpenproletariat. The book exhibits the fruitful interaction that has taken place between sociological theory, new views of the changing world economy and the empirical realities of working class experience and struggles. The dual theme of the book is the control which the state and employers seek to impose and maintain over labouring people, and the resistance put up by workers to these often new and unacceptable disciplines. With case studies – both historical and contemporary – drawn from North America, Britain and various parts of Africa, the author develops an interlocking theory of habituation and resistance. Against the background of profound changes in the global economy, Robin Cohen explores ways in which labouring people respond to the structural and managerial constrains on the development of their class consciousness and self-organisation. This will be of interest to urban and industrial sociologists, as well as those concerned with comparative social theory and the relationship between developing world and industrialised societies.

Book details

• Full title: Contested Domains
• Subtitle: Debates in International Labour Studies
• Author: Cohen, Robin (University of Oxford, UK)
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 204
• EAN: 9781032651415
• ID: 44203049
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 600 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 138 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 2023

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