New Trade Union Activism [electronic resource] : Class Consciousness or Social Identity? /
Moore, S.author.
The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationship between work, social identity and class consciousness.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Identity and Consciousness - An Unstable Relationship?; 2 Structure and Agency - The Dynamics of Workplace Activism; 3 The Role of Activists in Collective Mobilisation - Statutory Recognition Ballots; 4 Agents of Neoliberalism? The Contested Role of the ULR; 5 The Mobilisation of Social Identity? The Emergence of Equality Reps; 6 Legacies of Self-Organisation? Migrant Worker Activists; 7 The Ideological Dimensions of Activism - Excavating Class?; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationship between work, social identity and class consciousness.
Personnel management.
Industrial sociology.
International relations.
Political sociology.
Welfare state.
Sociology.
Human Resource Management.
Sociology of Work.
International Relations.
Political Sociology.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Sociology, general.