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Labour Beyond Cosatu Mapping the rupture in South Africa’s labour landscape
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Labour Beyond Cosatu [electronic resource] : Mapping the rupture in South Africa’s labour landscape / edited by Andries Bezuidenhout & Malehoko Tshoaedi.
ISBN
1776141504
9781776141517
9781776140534
9781776141500
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Johannesburg [South Africa] : Wits University Press, 2017. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
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1 online resource (1 PDF (xxi, 246 pages)) : illustrations
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Summary
Rebellions and conflicts in the trade unions, and rivalries between Cosatu affiliates in South Africa. Labour Beyond Cosatu is the fourth volume in the series Taking Democracy Seriously - a ground-breaking, textured and nuanced study on workers and democracy - which was established in the 1990s. The series looks at members of trade unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and provides a rich database of trade union members and research conducted over the past twenty years. It is one of the very few such resources available to researchers anywhere in the world. Labour Beyond Cosatu paints a complex picture. The 12 chapters of the volume explore various rebellions and conflicts in the trade union sector, starting with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and rivalries between Cosatu affiliates. Unpacking the conflicts between state-sector and private-sector workers, contributors look at the impact of generational and educational shifts, seen by some commentators as proof that Cosatu is now 'middle class'. The book also raises the issue of gender in the unions by usefully locating the controversy around charges levelled at Zwelinzima Vavi in 2013 in the larger context of serious problems in the gender politics within parts of Cosatu. Refuting the image of a union federation solidly committed to the ANC, Labour Beyond Cosatu presents evidence of a sharp decline in support for the ANC within Cosatu, and growing scepticism towards the Alliance. It shows that attempts to understand the labour movement in South Africa in the future will need to include research of smaller, independent unions and social movements. The volume's contributors make a major contribution to key debates on labour and democracy, providing new material that can potentially shift the discussion in important ways. This book will be of great value to students and researchers in Industrial Sociology, Political Studies, Industrial Psychology and Economics and Management.
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Project MUSE - 2017 African Studies Supplement.
Project MUSE - 2017 Complete Supplement.
Project MUSE - 2017 Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement.
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Language
English
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August 26, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapter 1. Democracy and the rupture in South Africa's labour landscape / Andries Bezuidenhout and Malehoko Tshoaedi
Chapter 2. Research in a highly charged environment: taking democracy seriously, 2014 / Ntsehiseng Nthejane, Sandla Nomvete, Boitumelo Malope and Bianca Tame
Chapter 3. The social character of labour politics / Ari Sitas
Chapter 4. Is Cosatu still a working-class movement? / Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Ntsehiseng Nthejane
Chapter 5. Labour aristocracy or marginal labour elite? Cosatu members' income, other sources of livelihood and household support / Christine Bischoff and Bianca Tame
Chapter 6. The politics of alliance and the 2014 elections / Janet Cherry, Nkosinathi Jikeka and Boitumelo Malope
Chapter 7. Cosatu, service delivery, civil society and the politics of community / Janet Cherry
Chapter 8. The politics of male power and privilege in trade unions: understanding sexual harassment in Cosatu / Malehoko Tshoaedi
Chapter 9. Internal democracy in Cosatu: achievements and challenges / Johann Maree
Chapter 10. Public sector unions in Cosatu / Christine Bischoff and Johann Maree
Chapter 11. Are Cosatu's public sector unions too powerful? / Johann Maree
Chapter 12. Labour beyond Cosatu, other federations and independent unions / Andries Bezuidenhout.
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