New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work

List of Charts, Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction - Themes, Concepts and Propositions; G.Gall Conflict and Contestation in the Contemporary World of Work: Theory and Perspectives; J.Bélanger & P.Edwards A Theory of Workplace Conflict Development: From Grievances to Strikes; R.Hebdon & S.Chul Noh A Working Death? Contesting Life Itself in the Bio-political Organization; P.Fleming The Re-emergence of Workplace Based Organisation as the New Expression of Conflict in Argentina; M.Atzeni & P.Ghigliani The Collective Expression of Workplace Grievances in Britain; G.Gall & S.Cohen New Dynamics of Industrial Conflicts in China: Causes, Expressions and Resolution Alternatives; F.Lee Cooke Egyptian Workers Rediscover the Strike; A.Alexander Direct Action in France: A New Phase in Labour-capital Conflict; S.Contrepois Violent Industrial Protest in Indonesia: Cultural Phenomenon or Legacy of an Authoritarian Past?; M.Ford Conflicts at Work in Poland's New Capitalism: Worker Resistance in a Flexible Work Regime; A.Mrozowicki & M.Maciejewska Minjung Tactics in a Post-Minjung Era? The Survival of Self-immolation and Traumatic Forms of Labour Protest in South Korea; J.Doucette Striking out in America: Is there an Alternative to the Strike?; K.Moody