The spatial patterns of mass strikes: A labour geography approach |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth- and Environmental Science, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany;2. University of Basel, Integrative prähistorische und naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (IPNA), Spalenring 145, CH-4055 Basel, Switzerland;3. Institute of Applied Ecology (IfAÖ), Carl-Hopp-Straße 4a, 18069 Rostock, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Labour geography aims to explore aspects of workers’ agency that have not yet been at the centre of research, this includes: the links between working-class politics and local communities, the interdependence of global economic networks and working-class activities, and the spatial dimension of workers’ organisations. Although these aspects are relevant for the dynamics of mass strikes, an analysis of mass strikes has been largely absent from debates in labour geography. Rosa Luxemburg’s seminal analysis of strikes in Russia demonstrated the rapid spatial expansion of these movements without any central organisation. Similar phenomena have occurred in recent mass strikes in the emerging economies. This text shows how mass strikes in Brazil, India and South Africa can be investigated through a labour geography lens and calls for a renewed debate on how a ‘strike wave’ is defined or understood. |
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| Keywords: | Labour unrest Strike wave Emerging economies Rosa Luxemburg |
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