Missing Links in Labour Geography

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Contents: Part I Introduction: Re-engaging with agency in labour geography, Ann Cecilie Bergene, Sylvi B. Endresen and Hege Merete Knutsen Labour geography: where have we been, where should we go?, Andrew Herod Re-embedding the agency of labour, Neil M. Coe and David C. Jordhus-Lier. Part II The Agency of Unions: The entangled geographies of trans-national labour solidarity, Andy Cumbers and Paul Routledge Exploring the grassroots' perspective on labour internationalisms, Rebecca Ryland Navigating a chaotic consciousness in the trade union movement, Ann Cecilie Bergene Schumpeterian unionism and 'high road' dreams in Toronto's hospitality sector, Steven Tufts Trade unions as learning organizations: the challenge of attracting temporary staff, Dorit Meyer and Martina Fuchs Union power and the formal-informal divide, Gunilla Andrae and BjA rn Beckman. Part III Politics of Labour: Between revolutionary rhetoric and class compromise: trade unions and the state, Herbert Jauch and Ann Cecilie Bergene The constitutive inside: contingency, hegemony and labour's spatial fix, Jamie Doucette Theoretical approaches to changing labour regimes in transition economies, Hege Merete Knutsen and Eva Hansson Between coercion and consent: understanding post-apartheid workplace regimes, Ola Anders Magnusson, Hege Merete Knutsen and Sylvi B. Endresen. Part IV Labour and Strategies of Capital: Erosion from above, erosion from below: labour, value chain relegation and manufacturing sustainability, Michael Taylor and John Bryson Globalization and the reworking of labour market segmentation in the Philippines, Niels Beerepoot 'We order 20 bodies': labour hire and alienation, Sylvi B. Endresen. Part V Conclusion: Approaches to the social and spatial agency of labour, Ann Cecilie Bergene, Sylvi B. Endresen and Hege Merete Knutsen Index.