1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910309742603321

Autore

Eckert Andreas

Titolo

Global histories of work / / edited by Andreas Eckert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 2016

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

3-11-061047-7

3-11-043446-6

3-11-043720-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Collana

Work in Global and Historical Perspective, , 2509-8861 ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

306.3609

Soggetti

Labor - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Inhalt -- Introduction -- Why all the fuss about Global Labour History? / Eckert, Andreas -- The Globalization of Labour History -- The Promise and Challenges of Global Labor History / Linden, Marcel van der -- Writing a Global History of Convict Labour / De Vito, Christian G. / Lichtenstein, Alex -- Rethinking Worlds of Labour / Bonner, Philip / Hyslop, Jonathan / Walt, Lucien van der -- Varieties of Work -- Workers in the World / Balachandran, G. -- Soldiering and Working: Almost the Same? / Lüdtke, Alf -- Work - Transformation of Objects or Interaction Between Subjects? / Spittler, Gerd -- Dynamics of Labour Relations -- The Politics of Ambiguity / Chalhoub, Sidney -- Regulated Informality / Mohapatra, Prabhu P. -- The Legal Status of Labour from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century / Stanziani, Alessandro -- The End of Wage Labour? -- Wageless Life / Denning, Michael -- The Problem with Work / Weeks, Kathie -- Reshaping the social contract / Agarwala, Rina -- About authors

Sommario/riassunto

Global Histories of Work is the first title in the new series "Work in Global and Historical Perspective". This collection of selected articles written by leading scholars in different disciplines provides both an



introduction and numerous insights into themes, debates and methods of Global Labour History as they have been developed over the last years. The contributions to the volume discuss crucial historiographical developments; present different professions that have gained new attention in the context of an emerging Global Labour History; critically engage the boundaries of "free" labour and the ambiguities contained in this concept; and take up and historicize current debates about "informal labour". Global Histories of Work will familiarize readers with a burgeoning field of high academic, social, and political relevance.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818376403321

Autore

Denver D. T

Titolo

British general elections since 1964 : diversity, dealignment and disillusion / / Mark Garnett, David Denver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-165423-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DenverD. T

Disciplina

324.941085

Soggetti

Elections - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Elections - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; British General Elections since 1964; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; 1 Introduction; 2 The Way Things Were: Elections, 1964-70; 3 'Decade of Dealignment': Elections, 1974-9; 4 Conservative Hegemony? Elections, 1983-92; 5 The Triumph of New Labour: Elections, 1997-2005; 6 From Blair to Brown to Cameron and Clegg: 2005-10 and Aft er; 7 Conclusion: Diversity, Dealignment, and Disillusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite a recent decline in voter turnout, British general elections are still the centrepiece of Britain's liberal democracy and their results



make a real difference to every British citizen. They command strong media interest long before their dates are announced and even uneventful campaigns dominate the headlines. The 2010 general election saw the first direct televised debates between the main party leaders, adding further interest to a battle which was always likely to be close. The result was a 'hung parliament' and the first British coalition government since 1945. However, as this boo