Table of Contents

strikes around the world, 1968-2005 - 2[-]Contents - 6[-]General glossary - 10[-]Editors' foreword - 11[-]Introduction - 13[-]Strike statistics and the problems of international comparison - 25[-]A racially divided class Strikes in South Africa, 1973-2004 - 41[-]A century of general strikes Strikes in Argentina - 62[-]Public sector militancy, feminization,and employer aggression Trends in strikes, lockouts, and wildcats in Canada from 1960 to 2004 - 87[-]Strikes in a state corporatist system Mexico - 115[-]Approaching extinction? The decline of strikes in the United States, 1960-2005 - 134[-]Militant unionism in Korea - 156[-]Strikes and lockouts in the Antipodes Neo-liberal convergence in Australia and New Zealand - 174[-]From the seventies strike wave to the firstcyber-strike in the twenty-first century Strike activity and labour unrest in Belgium - 197[-]The persistence of labour unrest Strikes in Denmark, 1969-2005 - 223[-]Strikes in France Strong social eruptions and a weak tradition of collective bargaining - 244[-]Industrial action in a low-strike country Strikes in Germany 1968-2005 - 268[-]Strikes behind the dykes Netherlands, 1965-2005 - 299[-]From blue-collar wildcats in the 1970s to public sector resistance at the turn of a new millennium Strikes in Sweden 1970-2005 - 322[-]From strike wave to strike drought The United Kingdom, 1968-2005 - 340[-]Comprehending divergence in strike activity Employers' offensives, government interventions and union responses - 367[-]Contributors - 383

About the Author

Dave Lyddon is an honorary fellow in the faculty of humanities and social sciences at Keele University.