Workplace Conflict

Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers' collective resistance should be seen as a function of the development of solidarity.

'A distinctive element is the strength of the quotes by workers; they bring to life the fluidity of the dynamics underlying collective action. In his preface, the author notes that 'whether [his] reconstruction is convincing, coherent and supported by empirical evidence is for the reader to judge' (p.xiv). From this reader's point of view it is convincing, coherent and well supported.' - Work, Employment and Society

Autorentext
MAURIZIO ATZENI works as a lecturer in Labour and Industrial Relations at Loughborough University Business School, where he teaches in the area of comparative and international IR.

Inhalt
An Introduction to Theoretical Approaches in the Study of Workers' Collective Action For a Marxist Perspective on Workers' Collective Action The Roots of Mobilization, Workplace and Social Conflict in Argentina in Historical Perspective Injustice and Solidarity in the Dynamics of Collective Action Conflict Evolution at FIAT, Workers' Radicalization and Company's Repression Conclusions