| Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain Contributor(s): Alimahomed-Wilson, Jake (Editor), Ness, Immanuel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0745337252 ISBN-13: 9780745337258 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $44.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 658.7 |
| LCCN: 2022300525 |
| Series: Wildcat |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.13 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The global economy seems indomitable. Goods travel all over the globe, supplying just-in-time retail stocks, keeping consumers satisfied and businesses profitable. But there are vulnerabilities, and Choke Points reveals them--and the ways that workers are finding ways to make use of the power that those choke points afford them. Exploring a number of case studies around the world, this book uncovers a little-known network of resistance by logistics workers worldwide who are determined to contest their exploitation by the forces of global capital. Through close accounts of wildcat strikes, roadblocks, and boycotts, from South China to Southern California, the contributors build a picture of a movement that flies under the radar, but carries the potential to force dramatic change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alimahomed-Wilson, Jake: - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson is an Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. His research interests are in the areas of logistics, racism and labour, and workers' struggles. He is the author of Solidarity Forever? Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California (Lexington Books, 2016), co-author of Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2008) and the editor of Choke Points (Pluto, 2018). Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at City University of New York. He is author of Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class (Pluto, 2015), co-editor of Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain (Pluto, 2018) and editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society.Ness, Immanuel: - Immanuel Ness is professor of political science at the City University of New York. |