De-Industrialization: Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects

ISBN-13: 9780521532167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 182 str.

Altena, Bert

Opis

What are the consequences of de-industrialization for working-class families and their communities? How does it affect working-class culture, trade unions traditional labor parties, and the regional social, educational and cultural infrastructure? Are gender relations changed by de-industrialization? These essays cover a broad range of topics relevant to the study of industrial devolution.

Spis treści

Preface Bert Altena and Marcel van der Linden; Introduction. De-Industrialization and globalization Christopher Johnson; 1. From workshop to wasteland: deindustrialisation and fragmentation of the black working class on the East Rand (South Africa), 1990–9 Franco Barchiesi and Bridget Kenny; 2. Whose left? Working class political allegiances in post-industrial Britain Darren G. Lilleker; 3. Betterment without airs: social, cultural, and political consequences of the deindustrialization in the Ruhr Stefan Goch; 4. The International Association of Machinists, Pratt and Whitney and the struggle for a blue-collar future in Connecticut Robert Forrant; 5. 'Our chronic and desperate situation': anthracite communities and the emergence of redevelopment policy in Pennsylvania and the United States, 1945–65 Gregory Wilson; 6. The consequences of de-industrialization for women workers in the Indian textile industry Chitra Joshi; 7. De-industrialization in Turkish mining industries: the case of Zonguldak Tarik Sengul.