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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.
While work-related insecurities and worker vulnerability induced by
neoliberal globalization are undeniably affecting an increasing
number of workers around the world, crossing the Divide reveals
that the history and legacy of colonialism is shaping the response
of the Global South in ways that are quite different from that of
the North. Comparing precarious work in India, Ghana and South
Africa, this book shows how innovative organizational strategies
are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide
between the formal and informal economy. Farm workers in Ghana,
India and South Africa are challenging colonial-type work
practices. Municipal workers in Johannesburg and Accra are
organising collectively. In the cities of India, Ghana and South
Africa, workers in domestic service, unregulated factories and
home-based work face difficult conditions with little or no union
representation. Yet, these vulnerable workers are engaging in a
range of creative strategies to fight for decent work and living
conditions. The studies in this collection are predominantly
ethnographic, drawing on the experiences of vulnerable workers
through in-depth interviews, observation and, in some cases,
large-scale surveys. Together they uncover the largely invisible
world of the informal economy and vulnerable workers. Crossing the
Divide makes clear that informal workers are not passive victims
but are building new forms of collective solidarity to promote
their rights and interests.
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.
The dynamics of sexual harassment in Ghanaian public universities
is investigated by two Ghanaian women scholars. Following on the
study, they suggest strategies for the development of university
based policies. The study examines the forms of sexual harassment
that occur on university campuses, and examines the attitudes and
perceptions of members of the university community towards it. Akua
O. Britwum is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Development
Studies at the University of Cape Coast. Her teaching and research
interests cover gender based violence, gender and economic policy
as well ass trade union democracy and informal sector labour force
organization. Nana Amma Anokye is a Research Fellow at the Centre
for Development Studies at the University of Cape Coast. Her
teaching and research interests cover agricultural marketing,
environmental and gender issues as well as stakeholder
participation on water resources management.
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