The Transformation of Discontent av Imre (University College Dublin Ireland) Szabo

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<p><i>The Transformation of Discontent</i> demonstrates that far from disappearing from the workplaces of the Global North, labor protest has merely changed character and now focuses on healthcare and education, with white-collar and white coat employees clashing with employers over wages, working conditions and professional autonomy.</p><p>Based on in-depth case studies of protest campaigns in four European countries - Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Ireland ¿ this book explores the ways in which teachers, nurses and medical doctors have developed a new repertoire of contention that unites their power to disrupt services with their duty to care for service users, such as patients, children and older people.</p><p>A study of the changes to labour mobilization including new protagonists and a shift from mass strikes to duty-based protest, this volume considers the impact of public sector unions on the labour movement and their role in renewing labour protests. It will be of interest to s