Overview

COSATU's Contested Legacy provides a fresh and up-to-date analysis of trade unionism in contemporary South Africa by focusing on the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the largest and most powerful federation. Drawing on quantitative data from four time series surveys of union members over a period of sixteen years, the authors present rigorous and authoritative analyses that shed light on the dilemmas and opportunities facing trade unionism today. The volume shows how various sections of the trade union movement grapple with these dilemmas and contest with one another to chart a future trajectory for trade unionism.

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Author:   Sakhela Buhlungu ,  Malehoko Tshoaedi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.501kg
ISBN:  

9789004251397

ISBN 10:   9004251391
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   11 April 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of tables List of figures Abbreviations and acronyms Preface 1 A contested legacy: organisational and political challenges facing COSATU Sakhela Buhlungu and Malehoko Tshoaedi 2 The experience of conducting a longitudinal study: the COSATU Workers' Survey, 2008 Christine Bischoff and Malehoko Tshoaedi 3 COSATU, oligarchy and the consolidation of democracy in an African context Johann Maree 4 Making sense of unionised workers' political attitudes: the (un)representation of women's voices in COSATU Malehoko Tshoaedi 5 The sociology of upward social mobility among COSATU shop stewards Themba Masondo 6 COSATU, the '2010 Class Project' and the contest for 'the soul' of the ANC Ari Sitas 7 'What would you do if the government fails to deliver?': COSATU members' attitudes towards service delivery Sarah Mosoetsa 8 COSATU's influence on policy-making in post-apartheid South Africa: fact and fiction Grace Khunou 9 COSATU members and strike violence: what we learn from quantitative and qualitative data Karl von Holdt 10 COSATU and internal migrant workers: old fault lines, new dilemmas Nomkhosi Xulu 11 COSATU's attitudes and policies towards external migrants Mondli Hlatshwayo 12 The trade union movement and the Tripartite Alliance: a tangled history Sakhela Buhlungu and Stephen Ellis Appendix Taking democracy seriously: COSATU Worker's Survey data set 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2008 Contributors

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Sakhela Buhlungu, PhD (2002), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria. He has published extensively on labour, including A Paradox of Victory: COSATU and the democratic transformation in South Africa (UKZN Press, 2010). Malehoko Tshoaedi, PhD (2008), University of Leiden, is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of South Africa. She has published widely on women and trade unions. Her recent publication is (En)gendering the Transition in South Africa: the Role of COSATU Women Activists, Transformation (2012).

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