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ISBN: PB: 9783593510477

University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag

January 2020

430 pp.

21.5x13.9 cm

1 colour plate, 15 halftones

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Politics of Solidarity

Privatisation, Precarious Work and Labour in South Africa

"Politics of Solidarity" explores the transformation of public services in post-apartheid South Africa and the effects of privatization in three cities: Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Cape Town. Drawing on extensive qualitative fieldwork, Carmen Ludwig sheds light on local conflicts on the provision of public services and on trade union strategies that cope with rising public-private partnerships. In the face of persistent social inequality and the rise of precarious work, Ludwig asks how trade unions can create solidarity in fragmented workforces and bridge the gap between permanent workers and those on the margins in the workplace and society. "Politics of Solidarity" offers insights into the changing world of municipal work, the struggles of precarious workers and more broadly, on the labor dynamics of contemporary South Africa.  

About the Author

Carmen Ludwig is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Justus-Liegib-University in Giessen, Germany, and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.