Making of an African working class politics, law, and cultural protest in the Manual Workers' Union of Botswana / Pnina Werbner.
| Author/creator | Werbner, Pnina |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, 2014. |
| Description | xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Anthropology, culture, and society Anthropology, culture, and society. ^A682721 |
| Contents | Introduction -- A labour elite? Strategising women and the spectre of unemployment -- Women, leadership and the dignity of labour -- Lekgotla la Babereki, the Court of the Workers : the trade union as public forum -- 'Legitimate expectations' : ethics, law and labour justice in the 1991 strike -- The politics of infiltration : factionalism and party politics -- This land is our land : the 2005 Manual Workers' Union grand tour of Botswana -- Solidarity forever : mobilising the trade union movement in prayer and protest -- Winning against the odds : speaking truth to power and dilemmas of charismatic leadership -- 'The mother of all strikes' : popular protest culture and vernacular cosmopolitanism in the public service unions' strike, 2011 -- The political and moral economy of the 2011 strike : public rhetoric, conflict and policy -- Legal mobilisation, legal scepticism and the politics of public sector unions -- Concluding remarks : class identity, dignity and the agency of labour in Botswana. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014497062 |
| ISBN | 9780745334967 hbk. : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 0745334962 hbk. : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 9780745334950 pbk. : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 0745334954 pbk. : alk. paper |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |