Contents

pp iii-iii

List of Tables

pp iv-iv

List of Abbreviations

pp v-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-viii

Preface

pp ix-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-18

Part I - Global Labour Studies: Conducting Research on the Side of Workers

pp 19-20

1 - Being on the Side of Workers: On the Normative Foundations of Global Labour Studies

pp 21-44

2 - From Organic Intellectuals to Academic Workers: How Knowledge Handlers Connect with Organized Labour

pp 45-72

3 - The Challenge of Strategic Research: A Critical Engagement with the Power Resources Approach

pp 73-84

Part II - Class Theory: Relations of Production, Antagonism and Social Domination

pp 85-86

4 - The Ontology of Class: Moving beyond Inequality and Identity

pp 87-100

5 - The Constitution of Class in Capitalism: From the Relations of Production to Collective Agency

pp 101-123

6 - Making, Unmaking, Remaking: Working-Class Forces in Formation

pp 124-147

7 - Between Representation and Intermediation: The Double Character of Workers’ Mass Organizations

pp 148-161

Afterword

pp 162-164

References

pp 165-184

Index

pp 185-192