Contents

pp iii-iii

List of Figures and Tables

pp iv-iv

List of Abbreviations

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-x

Part I - Strike Research from a Global Angle: Collective Action in Response to the Crisis of Neoliberalism

pp 1-2

1 - Beyond Methodological Fordism: The Case for Incorporated Comparisons

pp 3-18

2 - A Catastrophic Disequilibrium: Neoliberal Capitalism in Crisis

pp 19-47

3 - Shifting Conditions of Struggle: The Service and Public Sectors in the Age of Neoliberalism

pp 48-65

4 - Outside the Factory Gates: Strikes in Non-Industrial Workplaces around the World

pp 66-88

Part II - Strike Research from a Western European Angle: Class Formation in Non-Industrial Settings

pp 89-90

5 - Deindustrialization and Dwindling Union Density: Labour in Western Europe

pp 91-96

6 - Union Competition and Militancy: The Railway Strikes in Germany

pp 97-132

7 - Adsorption and the Struggle against Austerity: The Junior Doctors’ Dispute in Britain

pp 133-151

8 - Changing Terrains: The General and Feminist General Strikes in Spain

pp 152-197

Conclusion

pp 198-205

Appendix A - Mapping

pp 206-214

Appendix B - Background Interviews

pp 215-216

References

pp 217-270

Index

pp 271-281