POWER! examines the crucial role of Black workers and trade unions in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Written by Denis MacShane, Martin Plaut, and David Ward, the book illustrates how the labor movement contributed to social and political change through industrial action, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience. The analysis demonstrates the close relationship between econ…
Indonesian and US political scholars explore the impact of economic growth on twelve major Indonesian institutions, including private and public enterprises, formal political institutions, the armed forces, the bureaucracy, non-governmental organizations, the media, and trade unions. They find that the growing gap between a governing structure that is slow to change and a dynamic broader societ…
Indonesia;s workers have played a critical role in the country's economic development over the past 25 years. Indeed, there is universal acknowledgement that Indonesia's progress would not have been possible without the contributions of the workforce.