Workers, Power and Society : Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism...

by Jens Arnholtz, Bjarke Refslund

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Workers, Power and Society : Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism, Hardcover by Arnholtz, Jens (EDT); Refslund, Bjarke (EDT), ISBN 1032547863, ISBN-13 9781032547862, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Th addresses how power and power resources remain important analytically as well as empirically dimensions for analysing contemporary capitalism. It provides a theoretical framework for studying, understanding, and explaining changes in the world of work and how that leads to changes in contemporary capitalist societies. Changes in the world of work are closely related to increasing inequality, growing social unrest and societal polarisation. Hence th seeks to deepen our understanding of howdevelopments in the sphere of work have implication far beyond the direct impact on workers. Th focuses on how workers and unions utilise their various power resources to off-set the power advantage of employers and capital in the sphere of labour politics, which have crucial linkages with both cultural life, politics and the market. Although workers' and unions' power and influence have been declining almost universally across the world, the argument in th is that they still hold power resources that can challenge and sometimes alter outcomes in another direction than what employers and capital wants. Hence the theory can help understand the possibilities that workers and unions still have and how these resources affect the outcomes of the labour-capital struggle. A core con

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781032547862
• Condition: Fine

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