Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India

Jörg Nowak is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations at University of Nottingham, UK. He works on South-South investment, labour unrest in emerging economies, Labour Geography and Althusserian Marxism.h

“By investigating two strikes in the Brazilian construction industry and two strikes in the Indian automobile industry that took place between 2010-2014, and then identifying important findings from his comparison between both, Nowak produces an excellent account of these struggles and gives activists and scholars much to think about regarding contemporary struggles and studies of labor wherever it might be located.” (Class, Race and Corporate Power, Vol. 8 (1), 2020)“The book is a major achievement and deserves to be read as widely as possible. It makes important conclusions about common problems of resurgent political authoritarianism and political crisis on the left. … this book helps us to understand both the strengths and the weaknesses of strike waves in recent times.” (Tom Barnes, Progress in Political Economy (PPE), ppesydney.net, May 29, 2019)

• 1 Introduction.- 2 A New Theory of Strikes: Moving Beyond Eurocentrism.- 3 The Political Economy of Mass Strikes in the Global Crisis.- 4 A Protracted Struggle: Strikes in the Automobile Sector in India.- 5 An Ascending Wave: Mass Strikes in the Brazilian Construction Sector.- 6 Conclusion Index.