Cross-National Comparisons of Social Movement Unionism

Akira Suzuki is Professor at the Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University in Tokyo. He has written numerous articles in English and in Japanese on industrial relations and labour history in Japan and on social movement unionism in Japan and the United States.

• Contents: Akira Suzuki: Introduction: Theoretical and Empirical Issues of Cross-national Comparisons of Social Movement – Jennifer Jihye Chun: The Power of the Powerless: New Schemas and Resources for Organizing Workers in Neoliberal Times – Akira Suzuki: The Limits and Possibilities of Social Movement Unionism in Japan in the Context of Industrial Relations Institutions – Joohee Lee: A Renewal of Solidarity or Continued Decline? The Korean Retail Workers’ Struggles against Neoliberalism – Nobuyuki Yamada: The Diversity of Social Movement Unionism: Towards a Cross-National, Comparative Framework – Minjin Lee: Varieties of Community Unionism: A Comparison of Community Unionism in Japan and Korea – Stephanie Luce: Labour and Community Coalitions: Challenges for Growth – Charles Weathers: Political Activism and Union Revival in Australia, the United States and Japan – Koshi Endo: Women’s Labour NPOs and Women’s Trade Unions in Japan – Heiwon Kwon: Success While Others Fail: Union Strategy against Railway Restructuring in South Korea – Hirohiko Takasu: The Formation of a Region-based Amalgamated Union Movement and Its Possibilities.