Strike Action and Nation Building

Labor Unrest in Palestine/Israel, 1899-1951
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78238-809-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

Strike-action has long been a notable phenomenon in Israeli society, despite forces that have weakened its recurrence, such as the Arab-Jewish conflict, the decline of organized labor, and the increasing precariousness of employment. While the impact of strikes was not always immense, they are deeply rooted in Israel's past during the Ottoman Empire and Mandate Palestine. Workers persist in using them for material improvement and to gain power in both the private and public sectors, reproducing a vibrant social practice whose codes have withstood the test of time. This book unravels the trajectory of the strikes as a rich source for the social-historical analysis of an otherwise nation-oriented and highly politicized history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vries, David De

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Notes on the Sources

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Emergence of the Strike, 1899-1914

Chapter 2. The National Construction of Strikes, 1918-1930

Chapter 3. Strike Action and Politicization, 1931-1940

Chapter 4. War and the Normalization of Strikes, 1941-1946

Chapter 5. From Social Act to Social Right, 1947-1951

Appendix

Notes                                                                

Bibliography                                               

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vries, David De
David De Vries is a social historian in the department of Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University. Among his publications are Idealism and Bureaucracy in 1920s Palestine: The Origins of ‘Red Haifa’ (1999), Dock Workers: International Explorations in Labour History, 1790–1970 (2000, co-edited), and Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine (2010).