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Austerity and the Labor Movement: A Historical and Comparative Perspective

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This book examines the impact of austerity policies on labor movements in different countries, providing a historical and comparative perspective on the challenges and opportunities faced by workers in the face of economic crisis.

The book brings together a team of leading scholars to analyze the effects of austerity on labor markets, social protection systems, and collective bargaining institutions. It also explores the ways in which labor movements have responded to austerity, both through traditional forms of resistance and through more innovative strategies.

The book's findings have important implications for understanding the future of labor movements in an era of global austerity. They also offer valuable lessons for policymakers who are seeking to design more just and equitable economic policies.

Austerity and the Labor Market
Austerity and Social Protection
Austerity and Collective Bargaining
Labor Movement Responses to Austerity

Contributors

Greg J. Barrow is Professor of Political Science at Emory University.
Harriett Friedman is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at the University of London.
Tom Hervey is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield.
Jonathan Kirshner is Professor of Political Science at Boston College.
Hugh Macartney is Professor of Sociology at the University of Waterloo.
Juan Carlos Mendez is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jane Slaughter is Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

"This book is a major contribution to the literature on austerity and the labor movement. It provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the impact of austerity on labor markets, social protection systems, and collective bargaining institutions. The book also explores the ways in which labor movements have responded to austerity, both through traditional forms of resistance and through more innovative strategies. The book's findings have important implications for understanding the future of labor movements in an era of global austerity. They also offer valuable lessons for policymakers who are seeking to design more just and equitable economic policies."

—Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"This book is a timely and important intervention into the debates about austerity and the labor movement. It brings together a team of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the impact of austerity on labor markets, social protection systems, and collective bargaining institutions. The book also explores the ways in which labor movements have responded to austerity, both through traditional forms of resistance and through more innovative strategies. The book's findings have important implications for understanding the future of labor movements in an era of global austerity. They also offer valuable lessons for policymakers who are seeking to design more just and equitable economic policies."

—Erik Olin Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison