The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide. Co-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa is a landmark in the study of labour history. It brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations. The volume analyses key developments in the 20th century, such as the emergence of free wage labour; the transformation in labour relations; the role of capital and employers; labour agency and movements; the growing diversity of formal and informal or precarious labour; the meaning of work; and the impact of gender and age on the workplace. The contributors - eminent historians, anthropologists and social scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States - examine African labour in the context of labour and social issues worldwide: mobility and colonial and postcolonial migration, child and forced labour, security, the growth of entrepreneurial labour, the informal sector and self-employment, and the impact of trade unionism, welfare and state relations. The book discusses key sectors such as mining, agriculture, industry, transport, domestic work, and sport, tourism and entertainment, as well as the international dimension and the history and impact of the International Labour Organization itself. This authoritative and comprehensive work will be aninvaluable resource for historians of labour, social relations and African history. In association with the ILO Regional Office for Africa Stefano Bellucci is senior researcher at the International Instituteof Social History, Amsterdam, and lecturer in African History and Economy at Leiden University, the Netherlands; Andreas Eckert is Director of the International Research Centre for Work and the Human Life Cycle in Global History and professor of African history at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide. Co-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa is a landmark in the study of labour history. It brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations. The volume analyses key developments in the 20th century, such as the emergence of free wage labour; the transformation in labour relations; the role of capital and employers; labour agency and movements; the growing diversity of formal and informal or precarious labour; the meaning of work; and the impact of gender and age on the workplace. The contributors - eminent historians, anthropologists and social scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States - examine African labour in the context of labour and social issues worldwide: mobility and colonial and postcolonial migration, forced labour, security, the growth of entrepreneurial labour, the informal sector and self-employment, and the impact of trade unionism, welfare and state relations. The book discusses key sectors such as mining, agriculture, industry, transport, domestic work, and sport, tourism and entertainment, as well as the international dimension and the history and impact of the International Labour Organization itself. This authoritative and comprehensive work will be an invaluableresource for historians of labour, social relations and African history. In association with the ILO Regional Office for Africa Stefano Bellucci is senior researcher at the International Institute of SocialHistory, Amsterdam, and lecturer in African History and Economy at Leiden University, the Netherlands; Andreas Eckert is Director of the International Research Centre for Work and the Human Life Cycle in Global History and professor of African history at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

This book provides a global perspective on the transformations in the world of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of essays will break down the general statistics and trends into glimpses of concrete experiences of workers during pandemic, of workplaces transformed or destroyed, of workers protesting against political measures, of professions particularly exposed to the coronavirus, and also of the changing nature of some professions.

Global Histories of Work is the first title in the new series "Work in Global and Historical Perspective". This collection of selected articles written by leading scholars in different disciplines provides both an introduction and numerous insights into themes, debates and methods of Global Labour History as they have been developed over the last years. The contributions to the volume discuss crucial historiographical developments; present different professions that have gained new attention in the context of an emerging Global Labour History; critically engage the boundaries of "free" labour and the ambiguities contained in this concept; and take up and historicize current debates about "informal labour". Global Histories of Work will familiarize readers with a burgeoning fi eld of high academic, social, and political relevance.

Global Histories of Work is the first title in the new series "Work in Global and Historical Perspective". This collection of selected articles written by leading scholars in different disciplines provides both an introduction and numerous insights into themes, debates and methods of Global Labour History as they have been developed over the last years. The contributions to the volume discuss crucial historiographical developments; present different professions that have gained new attention in the context of an emerging Global Labour History; critically engage the boundaries of "free" labour and the ambiguities contained in this concept; and take up and historicize current debates about "informal labour". Global Histories of Work will familiarize readers with a burgeoning fi eld of high academic, social, and political relevance.

Master's Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,7, Vaxjo University (School of Management and Economics), course: Master Programme of Logistics Management, 104 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: The thesis on hand is dealing with the rather specific issue of the export business of the German brewery Herforder, which considers to market its product branch 'beer-mixtures' in Sweden. Within the thesis, there are presented three possible distribution channel designs, consisting for example of the manufacturer, can-supplier, contract-bottlers, importers and transportation companies., abstract: The thesis on hand is dealing with the rather specific issue of the export business of the German brewery Herforder, which considers to market its product branch "beer-mixtures" in Sweden. Within the thesis, there are presented three possible distribution channel designs, consisting for example of the manufacturer, can-supplier, contract-bottlers, importers and transportation companies. Each channel opportunity is described and the reasons that influence the decision for or against one particular channel are explained. Furthermore, the theoretical background is given, which exemplifies why companies start to consider internationalisation and how they can cope with the related challenges. The exporting issue is observed from a theoretical point of view and supplemented with much information concerning relationships within distribution channels. Two aspects which are very important for international trade are also investigated theoretically. Firstly there is the production aspects of beverages respectively beer and beermixtures including requirements for packaging and the production process itself. And secondly there is the transportation aspect including some information about IT systems. With respect to the target market Herforder aims at, there is one special chapter about the Swedish market

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Sozialpadagogik / Sozialarbeit, Note: 2,3, Evangelische Fachhochschule Reutlingen-Ludwigsburg; Standort Ludwigsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Im Anhang findet sich die Auswertung der Evaluation von der Exkursion nach Ravensbruck, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit soll geklart werden, wo die verschiedenen Konzepte der antirassistischen Bildungsarbeit ansetzen und wie wirksam diese sind. Ausserdem will ich der Frage nachgehen, wozu es notwendig ist, dass gerade SozialarbeiterInnen politische Bildungsarbeit mit Jugendlichen betreiben sollten. Im zweiten Kapitel werde ich grundlegende Begriffe und Konzepte klaren. Darauf folgt eine genaue Beschreibung der Schlusselkompetenzen Sozialer Arbeit und ihrer Aufgabenbereiche. Es schliesst eine Darstellung des Begriffs der Politischen Bildungsarbeit. Ausserdem werde ich die Aufgabe und didaktische Konzeptionen der politischen Bildungsarbeit darlegen. Als ein Feld der Politischen Bildungsarbeit, wird auch die antirassistische Bildungsarbeit genauer erlautert, ausserdem sollen in diesem Kontext auch die Begriffe Rassismus und Rechtextremismus genauer beleuchtet werden. In Kapitel drei folgt die Begrundung der antirassistischen Bildungsarbeit als Aufgabe sozialer Arbeit. Zunachst werde ich die rechtliche Situation darstellen und dann auf die gesellschaftlichen Hintergrunde eingehen. Hierzu werden aktuelle Studien zum Rechtsextremismus dargestellt. In Kapitel vier werde ich einen Uberblick uber bestehende Programme gegen Rechtsradikalismus geben und danach exemplarisch die Gedenkstattenpadagogik naher beschreiben und vorstellen. Danach folgt in Kapitel funf nach einem kurzen historischen Uberblick uber die Geschichte Ravensbrucks und seine Besonderheiten, die Beschreibung von zwei in Ravensbruck stattgefundenen Projekte. In Kapitel sechs werden die Ergebnisse einer Evaluation beider Projekte dargestellt und mit den Zielstellungen bestehender Programme gegen Rechtsextremismu

Die Feuertaufe ist ein spannendes Buch, das in der Steiermark spielt. Es handelt von aussergewohnlichen Menschen und Machten in einer Welt, wie sie bereits Realitat ist bzw. sein konnte. Gut und Bose, Liebe und Trauer, Freude und Leid verleihen diesem Buch sein charakteristisches Spiel mit den Machten.

Am Beispiel Tanzanias stellt Andreas Eckert jene Afrikaner in den Mittelpunkt, die zunachst Funktionen im kolonialen Staatsapparat ausubten und dann - mit der Unabhangigkeit - das Erbe der europaischen Kolonialherren an der Spitze des Staates antraten. Die afrikanischen Verwaltungsmitarbeiter nahmen in der kolonialen Ordnung eine zentrale Rolle ein und agierten als Mittler und Ubersetzer zwischen Kolonisierenden und Kolonisierten. Diese Position eroffnete ihnen neue Handlungsspielraume und Moglichkeiten, die weit uber das hinausgingen, was die kolonialen Organigramme ihnen als Tatigkeitsfelder zuwiesen. Vor dem Hintergrund ihrer enorm heterogenen Erfahrungen, Verhaltensweisen und Handlungsspielraume schreibt der Autor eine politische Geschichte Tanzanias uber einen Zeitraum von rund funfzig Jahren."

This innovative work offers the first comprehensive transcultural history of historiography. The contributors transcend a Eurocentric approach not only in terms of the individual historiographies they assess, but also in the methodologies they use for comparative analysis. Moving beyond the traditional national focus of historiography, the book offers a genuinely comparative consideration of the commonalities and differences in writing history. Distinguishing among distinct cultural identities, the contributors consider the ways and means of intellectual transfers and assess the strength of local historiographical traditions as they are challenged from outside. The essays explore the question of the utility and the limits of conceptions of modernism that apply Western theories of development to non-Western cultures. Warning against the dominant tendency in recent historiographies of non-Western societies to define these predominantly in relation to Western thought, the authors show the extent to which indigenous traditions have been overlooked. The key question is how the triad of industrialization, modernization, and the historicization process, which was decisive in the development of modern academic historiography, also is valid beyond Europe. Illustrating just how deeply suffused history writing is with European models, the book offers a broad theoretical platform for exploring the value and necessity of a world historiography beyond Eurocentrism.