To celebrate the centenary of the most radical union in North
America - The Industrial Workers of the World - this collection
examines radical economics and the labor movement in the 20th
Century. The union advocates direct action to raise wages and
increase job control, and it envisions the eventual abolition of
capitalism and the wage system through the general strike. The
contributors to this volume speak both to economists and to those
in the labor movement, and point to fruitful ways in which these
radical heterodox traditions have engaged and continue to engage
each other and with the labor movement. In view of the current
crisis of organized labor and the beleaguered state of the working
class-phenomena which are global in scope-the book is both timely
and important. Representing a significant contribution to the
non-mainstream literature on labor economics, the book reactivates
a marginalized analytical tradition which can shed a great deal of
light on the origins and evolution of the difficulties confronting
workers throughout the world. This volume will be of most interest
to students and scholars of heterodox economics, those involved
with or researching The Industrial Workers of the World, as well as
anyone interested in the more radical side of unions, anarchism and
labor organizations in an economic context.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics |
| Release date: |
September 2013 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Frederic Lee
• Jon Bekken
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-86489-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Labour economics >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-415-86489-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780415864893 |
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