Labour regime change in the twenty-first century: unfreedom, capitalism, and primitive accumulation
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Main Author: Brass, Tom (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2011
Series:Studies in critical social sciences v. 35
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Labour Regime Change in the Twenty-First Century; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Smithian Inheritance; 2. The Marxist Inheritance; 3. Semi-Feudalism and Modern Marxism; 4. 'Disguised' Wage Labour and Modern Marxism; 5. Unfreedom as Primitive Accumulation?; 6. Germany and the United States: 'Primitive' or 'Fully Functioning' Accumulation?; 7. 'Medieval Working Practices'? British Agriculture and the Return of the Gangmaster; 8. Citizenship and Human Rights -- or Socialism?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Historical debates about capitalism, unfreedom and primitive accumulation suggest Marxism accepts that, where class struggle is global, capitalists employ unfree workers. Labour-power as commodity means the free/unfree distinction informs the process of becoming, being, remaining, and acting as a proletariat
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 314 p.)
ISBN:9789004202474
9004202471
9789004210400
9004210407
1283270668
9781283270663

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