Labour regime change in the twenty-first century : unfreedom, capitalism, and primitive accumulation

Labour regime change in the twenty-first century : unfreedom, capitalism, and primitive accumulation / by Tom Brass.

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 pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brass, Tom, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 35.
Subjects:
Labor > Philosophy.
Capitalism > Philosophy.
Socialism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Capitalism > Philosophy
Labor > Philosophy
Socialism
Arbete > teori, filosofi.
Kapitalism > teori, filosofi.
Marxism.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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