
The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation
Immigrants and Trade Unions in the European Context
ILR Press
Published on 15. May 2019
Book
Hardback
222 pages
978-1-5017-3657-5 (ISBN)
Description
In The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation, Heather Connolly, Stefania Marino, and Miguel Martinez Lucio compare trade union responses to immigration and the related political and labour market developments in the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The labor movement is facing significant challenges as a result of such changes in the modern context. As such, the authors closely examine the idea of social inclusion and how trade unions are coping with and adapting to the need to support immigrant workers and develop various types of engagement and solidarity strategies in the European context.
Traversing the dramatically shifting immigration patterns since the 1970s, during which emerged a major crisis of capitalism, the labor market, and society, and the contingent rise of anti-immigration sentiment and new forms of xenophobia, the authors assess and map how trade unions have to varying degrees understood and framed these issues and immigrant labor. They show how institutional traditions, and the ways that trade unions historically react to social inclusion and equality, have played a part in shaping the nature of current initiatives. The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation concludes that we need to appreciate the complexity of trade-union traditions, established paths to renewal, and competing trajectories of solidarity. While trade union organizations remain wedded to specific trajectories, trade union renewal remains an innovative, if at times, problematic and complex set of choices and aspirations.
Traversing the dramatically shifting immigration patterns since the 1970s, during which emerged a major crisis of capitalism, the labor market, and society, and the contingent rise of anti-immigration sentiment and new forms of xenophobia, the authors assess and map how trade unions have to varying degrees understood and framed these issues and immigrant labor. They show how institutional traditions, and the ways that trade unions historically react to social inclusion and equality, have played a part in shaping the nature of current initiatives. The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation concludes that we need to appreciate the complexity of trade-union traditions, established paths to renewal, and competing trajectories of solidarity. While trade union organizations remain wedded to specific trajectories, trade union renewal remains an innovative, if at times, problematic and complex set of choices and aspirations.
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The book can be useful to both academics and policy makers. While analysing an extensive amount of data, the book remains clear, wellwritten and nicely structured with a framework that facilitates the comparisons it makes.(British Journal of Industrial Labor Relations) The book is clearly of interest to an academic audience-students and researchers. This book really brings what might be possible into sharp focus.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Cornell University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
2 charts - 2 Charts
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5017-3657-5 (9781501736575)
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Heather Connolly | Stefania Marino | Miguel Martinez Lucio
The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation
Immigrants and Trade Unions in the European Context
E-Book
05/2019
ILR Press
€43.99
Available for download

Heather Connolly | Stefania Marino | Miguel Martinez Lucio
The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation
Immigrants and Trade Unions in the European Context
E-Book
05/2019
1st Edition
ILR Press
€162.99
Available for download
Persons
Heather Connolly is Associate Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Leicester. Stefania Marino is Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies at the University of Manchester. Miguel Martinez Lucio is Professor of International HRM & Comparative Industrial Relations at the University of Manchester.
Content
Foreword by Richard Hyman
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Understanding and Framing the Questions of Trade Union Responses to Immigration and Social Inclusion
2. Uncovering the Nature and Tensions of Inclusion and Labor Relations: Research Context and Methods
3. Trade Unions and Immigration in the Netherlands: Between Race and Social Rights
4. Trade Unions and Immigration in Spain: From Class to Social Renewal?
5. Trade Unions and Immigration in the UK: Equality and Immigrant Worker Engagement without Collective Rights
6. Trade Union Responses to Immigration in Europe: Policy, Politics, and the Crafting of Social Inclusion across Borders
7. The Geometry of Trade Union Responses to Immigration and the Politics of Inclusion: The Challenge of Solidarity
Notes
References
Index
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Understanding and Framing the Questions of Trade Union Responses to Immigration and Social Inclusion
2. Uncovering the Nature and Tensions of Inclusion and Labor Relations: Research Context and Methods
3. Trade Unions and Immigration in the Netherlands: Between Race and Social Rights
4. Trade Unions and Immigration in Spain: From Class to Social Renewal?
5. Trade Unions and Immigration in the UK: Equality and Immigrant Worker Engagement without Collective Rights
6. Trade Union Responses to Immigration in Europe: Policy, Politics, and the Crafting of Social Inclusion across Borders
7. The Geometry of Trade Union Responses to Immigration and the Politics of Inclusion: The Challenge of Solidarity
Notes
References
Index