Struggle in a Time of Crisis

Nicolas Pons-Vignon is a Senior Researcher with the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is the editor of the Global Labour Column and the co-editor of Struggle in a Time of Crisis (Pluto, 2015).Mbuso Nkosi is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He serves as the co-editor of the Global Labour Column journal and is co-editor of Struggle in a Time of Crisis (Pluto, 2015).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction by Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Mbuso Nkosi Part I: Understanding the Crisis 1. Planet Earth Is Wage-led! - Özlem Onaran2. From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics - Thomas I. Palley 3. State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the U.K. - Fred Lee 4. Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences - Ilan Strauss5. T-shirt Economics: Labour in the Imperialist World Economy - Tony NorfieldPart II: Europe in Turmoil 6. Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika's Austerity Trap - Giorgios Argitis7. The ECB's Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis - Carlo D'Ippoliti8. Europe's Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation - Hansjörg Herr9. The Crisis, Structural Reform and the Fortification of Neoliberalism in Europe - Christoph Hermann10. The Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Europe: Some Worrying Trends and Worse May Be to Come - Janine Leschke and Andrew WattPart III: Exploring Alternatives11. Tackling Unemployment and Growing Public Debt - Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury12. Tax for Equity (T4E): Getting Wages Back on Track - Frank Hoffer13. The State as the Employer of Last Resort - Cédric Durand and Dany Lang14. 'We are Steaming Ahead': NUMSA's Road to the Left - Interview with Karl Cloete15. Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards a New Progressive Consensus - João Antônio FelícioPart IV: Resisting Exploitation and Neoliberalism16. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Outcome? - Carol Jess17. Right to Work and Michigan Labour - Roland Zullo18. A Site of Struggle: Organised Labour and Domestic Worker Organising in Mozambique - Ruth Castel-Branco19. Constructing an Anti-Neoliberal Analysis to Arrive at Truly Alternative Alternatives - Salimah Valiani 20. The 2012 Strike Wave, Marikana and the History of Rock Drillers in South African Mines - Paul StewartPart V: Good Samaritans? Institutional Responses to Labour Right Abuses21. Where is Decent Work in DfID Policy? Marketisation and Securitisation of U.K. International Aid - Phoebe V. Moore22. The National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labour in Brazil: A Useful Tool for Unions? - Lisa Carstensen and Siobhán McGrath 23. Better Work or ‘Ethical Fix’? Lessons from Cambodia’s Apparel Industry - Dennis Arnold24. Putting Workers' Agency at the Centre in the Indonesian Sportswear Industry - Karin A. Siegmann, Jeroen Merk and Peter Knorringa25. Rana Plaza: Private Governance and Corporate Power in Global Supply Chains - Tandiwe GrossPart VI: 'Workers of the World, Unite': Challenges and Opportunities of Transnational Solidarity26. Rank and File Participation and International Union Democracy - Vasco Pedrina27. Trade Unions, Free Trade and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity - Andreas Bieler 28. Modelling a Global Union Strategy: The Arena of Global Production Networks, Global Framework Agreements and Trade Union Networks - Michael Fichter29. Trade Unions, Globalisation and Internationalism - Ronaldo Munck30. Chinese Construction Companies in Africa: A Challenge for Trade Unions - Eddie CottleNotes on ContributorsIndex