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Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization Since 1870

Silver, Beverly J.·2003·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511615702
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Recasting labor studies in a long-term and global framework, this 2003 book draws on a major database on world labor unrest to show how local labor movements have been related to world-scale political, economic and social processes since the late-nineteenth century. Through an in-depth empirical analysis of select global industries it demonstrates how the main locations of labor unrest have shifted from country to country together with shifts in the geographical location of production. It shows how the main sites of labor unrest have shifted over time together with the rise/decline of new leading sectors of capitalist development, and demonstrates that labor movements have been deeply embedded (as both cause and effect) in world political dynamics. The book concludes by exploring the likely forms that emergent labor movements will take in the twenty-first century.

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  • Capitalists attempt to counter worker unrest by increasing automation (a technological fix) or advancing into newer spatial frontiers (a spatial fix).

    “As Silver has argued, “capitalists attempt to counter worker unrest by increasing automation (a technological fix) or advancing into newer spatial frontiers (a spatial fix)” [119].”

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Authors
Silver, B. J.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Silver, Beverly J.
ORCID
Silver, Beverly J.
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2003-04-21
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511615702
OpenAlex
W1601307448
Cited by
1,615
References
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Citations by year
2026: 89 · 2025: 118 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 131 · 2022: 79 · 2021: 127 · 2020: 109 · 2019: 98 · 2018: 108 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 92 · 2015: 71 · 2014: 69 · 2013: 79 · 2012: 50
FWCI
18.55
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 3333 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Labor Movements and Unions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
Keywords
labor activism, labor movement, global labour history, capitalist development, international politics, global industry

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