Trade unions & party politics
Subtitle: labour movements in Africa
By: edited by Björn Beckman, Sakhela Buhlungu and Lloyd Sachikonye
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780796923066
Notes: "This book originates in a conference that was held at the Parktown Hotel in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, from 21-22 July 2006, hosted by the Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available online in PDF format.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Trade unions and party politics in Africa / Björn Beckman and Lloyd Sachikonye; title: Autonomy or political affiliation?: Senegalese trade unions in the face of economic and political reforms / Alfred Inis Ndiaye; title: Disengagement from party politics: achievements and challenges for the Ghana Trades Union Congress / Emmanuel O. Akwetey with David Dorkenoo; title: The failure of Nigeria's Labour Party / Björn Beckman and Salihu Lukman; title: Trade unions, liberalisation and politics in Uganda / John-Jean Barya; title: The labour movement and democratisation in Zimbabwe / Lovemore Matombo and Lloyd Sachikonye; title: Unions and parties in South Africa: COSATU and the ANC in the wake of Polekwane / Roger Southall and Edward Webster; title: Serving workers or serving the party?: trade unions and politics in Namibia / Herbert Jauch; title: Trade unions and th politics of national liberation in Africa / Sakhela Buhlungu.