Labour as a Democratising Force!

Chun, Jennifer Jihye and Michelle Williams (eds.) (2013) Special issue on ‘Labour as a democratising force’, Rethinking Development & Inequality, Vol.2. 

Table of Contents

 

Editorial

Labour as a Democratizing Force?: Lessons from South Africa and Beyond	PDF
Jennifer Jihye Chun, Michelle Williams

 

Research Articles

Between Social Movement and Political Unionism: COSATU and Democratic Politics in South Africa	PDF
Devan Pillay

COSATU retreating to the workplace in post-apartheid South Africa: What about Community struggles?	PDF
Sarah Mosoetsa, Malehoko Tshoaedi

Gendered Labour: a Challenge to Labour as a Democratizing Force	PDF
Asanda Benya

Notes from a Trade Unionist: Cosatu and its Affiliates as Democratising Agents or Contingent Democrats?	PDF
Dinga Sikwebu

Trade Unions, Inequality, and Democracy in the US and Mexico	PDF
Chris Tilly

The Labour Movement in India: Fractured Trade Unions and Vulnerable Workers	PDF
Sharit Bhowmik

Sword of Justice or Defender of Vested Interest?: South African Labour in Comparative Perspective	PDF
Edward Webster