New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction — Themes, Concepts and Propositions....Pages 1-6
Conflict and Contestation in the Contemporary World of Work: Theory and Perspectives....Pages 7-25
A Theory of Workplace Conflict Development: From Grievances to Strikes....Pages 26-47
A Working Death? Contesting Life Itself in the Bio-Political Organization....Pages 48-65
The Re-Emergence of Workplace-Based Organization as the New Expression of Conflict in Argentina....Pages 66-85
The Collective Expression of Workplace Grievances in Britain....Pages 86-107
New Dynamics of Industrial Conflicts in China: Causes, Expressions and Resolution Alternatives....Pages 108-129
Egyptian Workers Rediscover the Strike....Pages 130-151
Direct Action in France: A New Phase in Labour-Capital Conflict....Pages 152-170
Violent Industrial Protest in Indonesia: Cultural Phenomenon or Legacy of an Authoritarian Past?....Pages 171-190
Conflicts at Work in Poland’s New Capitalism: Worker Resistance in a Flexible Work Regime....Pages 191-211
Minjung Tactics in a Post-Minjung Era? The Survival of Self-Immolation and Traumatic Forms of Labour Protest in South Korea....Pages 212-232
Striking Out in America: Is There an Alternative to the Strike?....Pages 233-252
Back Matter....Pages 253-254