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Author:   Stefano Bellucci ,  Andreas Eckert ,  Akua O. Britwum ,  Andreas Admasie
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.268kg
ISBN:  

9781847012180

ISBN 10:   1847012183
Pages:   782
Publication Date:   17 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword by Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa Introduction: The ""Labour Question"" in Africanist Historiography - Stefano Bellucci and Andreas Eckert Part I: Free and Unfree Labour Wage labour - Andreas Eckert Precarious and Informal Labour - Franco Barchiesi Forced Labour - Babacar Fall and Richard L. Roberts Part II: Key Sectors Agriculture - Julia Tischler Mining - Carolyn A. Brown Industry and Manufacturing - Patrick Neveling Transport - Stefano Bellucci Part III: International Dimensions and Mobility The International Labour Organization - Luca Puddu and Daniel Roger Maul and Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani Labour Migration - Helena Pérez-Niño Part IV Varieties of Work Domestic Work - Deborah Fahy Bryceson Military and Pollice - Michelle R. Moyd and Joël Glasman Crime and Illegal Work - Laurent Fourchard White-Collar Workers - Dmitri van den Bersselaar Entertainment, Sport and Tourism - Andreas Admasie Part V: Entrepreneurs and Self-Employment Capitalists and Labour in Africa - Gareth Austin Entrepreneurial Labour - Sara S. Berry Professionals and Executives - Rory Pilossof Part VI: The State, Unions and Welfare Labour and the State - Akua O. Britwum and Leyla Dakhli Trade Unions - Bill Freund Social Welfare - Ben Scully and Rana Jawad Mutualism and Cooperative Work - Samuel A. Nyanchoga Part VII: Conclusions The Labour Question in Africa and the World - Frederick Cooper"

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The editors have successfully conceived a volume that offers thorough geographic, conceptual and thematic coverage of this broad topic that also engages deep research. [.] It will be an essential resource for any scholars interested in the scholarly study of labor and work in Africa, whether approached as a comprehensive volume or through the important contributions made by the individual chapter authors. CONNECTIONS The volume analyses with great insight key developments and sectors over time, from the emergence of free wage labour to proliferation of precarious labour and impact of gender on the workplace. [.] The collection will prove useful to non-specialists, and to specialists wanting to dip into areas with which they are not familiar. LABOUR HISTORY

The editors have successfully conceived a volume that offers thorough geographic, conceptual and thematic coverage of this broad topic that also engages deep research. [.] It will be an essential resource for any scholars interested in the scholarly study of labor and work in Africa, whether approached as a comprehensive volume or through the important contributions made by the individual chapter authors. * CONNECTIONS * The volume analyses with great insight key developments and sectors over time, from the emergence of 'free' wage labour to proliferation of precarious labour and impact of gender on the workplace. [.] The collection will prove useful to non-specialists, and to specialists wanting to dip into areas with which they are not familiar. * LABOUR HISTORY *

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