Labour History in the Semi-periphery: Southe Europe, 19th-20th centuries

by: Leda Papastefanaki (Editor),Nikos Potamianos (Editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Publication Date: 2020/11/23

Language: English

Print Length: 386 pages

ISBN-10: 3110614286

ISBN-13: 9783110614282

Book Description

This collective volume aims at studying a variety of labour history themes in Southe Europe, and investigating the transformations of labour and labour relations that these areas underwent in the 19th and the 20th centuries. The subjects studied include industrial labour relations in Southe Europe; labour on the sea and in the shipyards of the Mediterranean; small enterprises and small land ownership in relation to labour; formal and informal labour; the tendencytowards independent work and the role of culture; forms of labour management (from patealistic policies to the provision of welfare capitalism); the importance of the institutional framework and the wider political context; and women’s labour and gender relations.

About the Author

This collective volume aims at studying a variety of labour history themes in Southe Europe, and investigating the transformations of labour and labour relations that these areas underwent in the 19th and the 20th centuries. The subjects studied include industrial labour relations in Southe Europe; labour on the sea and in the shipyards of the Mediterranean; small enterprises and small land ownership in relation to labour; formal and informal labour; the tendencytowards independent work and the role of culture; forms of labour management (from patealistic policies to the provision of welfare capitalism); the importance of the institutional framework and the wider political context; and women’s labour and gender relations.