Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of Tables iv
4. List of Abbreviations v
5. Acknowledgements vi
6. Preface ix
7. Introduction 1
8. Global Labour Studies: Conducting Research on the Side of Workers
9. Being on the Side of Workers: On the Normative Foundations of Global Labour Studies 21
10. From Organic Intellectuals to Academic Workers: How Knowledge Handlers Connect with Organized Labour 45
11. The Challenge of Strategic Research: A Critical Engagement with the Power Resources Approach 73
12. Class Theory: Relations of Production, Antagonism and Social Domination
13. The Ontology of Class: Moving beyond Inequality and Identity 87
14. The Constitution of Class in Capitalism: From the Relations of Production to Collective Agency 101
15. Making, Unmaking, Remaking: Working-Class Forces in Formation 124
16. Between Representation and Intermediation: The Double Character of Workers’ Mass Organizations 148
17. Afterword 162
18. References 165
19. Index 185