Exiting the Factory (Volume 2)

Alexander Gallas teaches in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel in Germany.

“Focusing on non-industrial strikes, Gallas rejects both the nostalgia of ‘regulated’ capitalism, shared by many trade unionists, and the fashionable claims that the working class has vanished. He shows that working people are developing class consciousness through collective action and points to a bright future. Reading this essential book may be the first step to support its emergence.” Nicolas Pons-Vignon, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

• PART I: Strike Research from a Global Angle: Collective Action in Response to the Crisis of Neoliberalism1. Beyond Methodological Fordism: The Case for Incorporated Comparisons2. A Catastrophic Disequilibrium: Neoliberal Capitalism in Crisis3. Shifting Conditions of Struggle: The Service and Public Sectors in the Age of Neoliberalism4. Outside the Factory Gates: Strikes in Non-Industrial Workplaces around the WorldPART II: Strike Research from a Western European Angle: Class Formation in Non-Industrial Settings5. Deindustrialization and Dwindling Union Density: Labour in Western Europe6. Union Competition and Militancy: The Railway Strikes in Germany7. Adsorption and the Struggle against Austerity: The Junior Doctors’ Dispute in Britain8. Changing Terrains: The General and Feminist General Strikes in SpainConclusion Appendix A: MappingAppendix B: Background Interviews