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Varieties of Unionism$
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Carola Frege and John Kelly

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780199270149

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270149.001.0001

Why Revitalize? Labour's Urgent Mission in a Contested Global Economy

Chapter:
(p. 1 ) 1 Why Revitalize? Labour's Urgent Mission in a Contested Global Economy
Source:
Varieties of Unionism
Author(s):

Lowell Turner

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270149.003.0001

This chapter outlines the aims of the research programme and explains the choice of the five countries that feature in the book. It sets the research programme in the context of broader developments in industrial relations and political economy in the advanced capitalist world. In particular, reference is made to the debates around the impact of globalization on labour movements and the prospects for labour movement revitalization.

Keywords:   global economy, labour movement, union strategy, institutions, mobilization

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