De-Industrialization : Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects (Paperback)

Preface Bert Altena and Marcel van der Linden; Introduction. De-Industrialization and globalization Christopher Johnson; 1. From workshop to wasteland: deindustrialisation and fragmentation of the black working class on the East Rand (South Africa), 1990?9 Franco Barchiesi and Bridget Kenny; 2. Whose left? Working class political allegiances in post-industrial Britain Darren G. Lilleker; 3. Betterment without airs: social, cultural, and political consequences of the deindustrialization in the Ruhr Stefan Goch; 4. The International Association of Machinists, Pratt and Whitney and the struggle for a blue-collar future in Connecticut Robert Forrant; 5. 'Our chronic and desperate situation': anthracite communities and the emergence of redevelopment policy in Pennsylvania and the United States, 1945?65 Gregory Wilson; 6. The consequences of de-industrialization for women workers in the Indian textile industry Chitra Joshi; 7. De-industrialization in Turkish mining industries: the case of Zonguldak Tarik Sengul.