Class, labour and the global working class

Ronaldo Munck

Chapter 1 in Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work, 2023, pp 34-42 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The development of a global working class represents a major transformation of contemporary capitalism. Driven by workers’ struggles, capitalism has ‘gone global’ since 1990 but in doing so has brought into being a powerful new agent for social change. We examine this revolutionary event in its broad historical context, from the making of the working class, through its various permutations, to the present complex relationships of class, labour and capitalism. We point to the difficulties faced but also the prospects for this new global working class.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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