Working Classes, Global Realities

ISBN 10: 1583670319 / ISBN 13: 9781583670316

Published by Monthly Review Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

"The intellectual lodestone for the international Left since 1964."
--Mike Davis
"Compulsory reading."
--Daniel Singer
Socialist Register 2001 examines the concept and the reality of class as it affects workers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Theoretical contributions explore today's old and new working classes, workers "north" and "south," peasants and workers, gender and the working class, as well as migrant and knowledge workers. Other essays examine critically important regional experiences in East Asia, India, South Africa, Brazil, Iran, Russia, Europe and North America.
Contributions include: Giovanni Arrighi, Beverly Silver, Henry Bernstein, Peter Kwong, Eric Mann, Ursula Huws, Andree Levesque, Pat & Hugh Armstrong, Rosemary, Brigitte Young, Rohini Banaji, Gerard Greenfield, Barbara Harriss-White & Nandini Gooptu, Patrick Bond, Darlene Miller, Greg Ruiter, Huw Beynon & Jose Ramalho, Justin Paulson, Haideh Moghissi, Saeed Rahnema, David Mandel, Michael Goldfield, and Steve Jeffreys.

About the Authors:

Leo Panitch is Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto and a Fulbright Fellow.

Colin Leys is Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Greg Albo teaches comparative and Canadian political economy at York University. He is the co-editor of the Socialist Register and author and editor of numerous books.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Working Classes, Global Realities
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: HRD
Condition: New