Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work7 Take Back the Power

Take Back the Power describes the attempt by radical and militant NYC transit workers to revitalize their moribund union in the 1990s and 2000s, and analyses the choices and dilemmas facing all labor and social movement activists. The fifty-year long neoliberal era has been marked by working-class reverses and moribund unions. Grounded in the author’s own experiences as a transit worker participating in a decades-long effort to fight management and austerity economics, Take Back the Power presents a new perspective on what activists can do to revitalize the labor movement. Marc Kagan uses his union’s story to illuminate key dilemmas their efforts face, among them: fight the boss or fight the union to fight the boss; the tension between leadership and participatory democracy; and the costs and benefits of risk aversion. This book encourages us to think introspectively about the choices we make as we attempt to build a better world.

Pagina's: 494, Hardcover, Koninklijke Brill BV