Union Power In The Nigerian Textile Industry

Author : Gunilla Andrae,Björn Beckman
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412840678

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Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry by Gunilla Andrae,Björn Beckman Pdf

Nigeria, once a resourceful regional power, has been caught in a spiral of economic and political decay. This once-promising nation is now seen as an international pariah, partly as a result of the gross human rights violations of its government, but largely because of the failure to generate a political leadership capable of containing and reversing rather than aggravating the process of decline. Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry covers developments in Nigeria during two trying decades of deepening economic and political crisis. It is not, however, an additional tale of decay. It highlights the remarkable progress which has been achieved, in spite of this decline, in industrial adjustment, institution building, and conflict regulation. Gunilla Andrae and Bjorn Beckman follow Nigeria's leading manufacturing sector, the textile industry, from the heyday of the oil boom through successive phases of adjustment and liberalization, suggesting that industrialization is still very much on the African agenda. The focus is on the trade unions, their role in industrial restructuring and their ability to defend workers' interests and rights. Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry examines the successful institutionalization of a union-based labor regime, defying global trends to the contrary. The authors explore the origins of union power in the national and local political economy, pointing to the mediation between the militant self-organization of the workers and the strategies of state and capital. They draw on extensive field work, interviews with managers, unionists and workers, and massive documentation from internal union sources.

Author : Gunilla Andræ,Björn Beckman
Publisher : Scandinavian Institute of African Studies
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : 9171064257

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Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry by Gunilla Andræ,Björn Beckman Pdf

This study follows the textile industry through periods of oil boom, structural adjustment and liberalization. The focus is on the successful institutionalization of the trade union based labour regime.'

Author : Issa Aremu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : IND:30000077659385

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The National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria by Issa Aremu Pdf

Author : Gunilla Andræ,Björn Beckman
Publisher : Transaction Pub
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765806010

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Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry by Gunilla Andræ,Björn Beckman Pdf

Nigeria, once a resourceful regional power, has been caught in a spiral of economic and political decay. This once-promising nation is now seen as an international pariah, partly as a result of the gross human rights violations of its government, but largely because of the failure to generate a political leadership capable of containing and reversing rather than aggravating the process of decline. Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry covers developments in Nigeria during two trying decades of deepening economic and political crisis. It is not, however, an additional tale of decay. It highlights the remarkable progress which has been achieved, in spite of this decline, in industrial adjustment, institution building, and conflict regulation. Gunilla Andrae and Bjorn Beckman follow Nigeria's leading manufacturing sector, the textile industry, from the heyday of the oil boom through successive phases of adjustment and liberalization, suggesting that industrialization is still very much on the African agenda. The focus is on the trade unions, their role in industrial restructuring and their ability to defend workers' interests and rights. Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry examines the successful institutionalization of a union-based labor regime, defying global trends to the contrary. The authors explore the origins of union power in the national and local political economy, pointing to the mediation between the militant self-organization of the workers and the strategies of state and capital. They draw on extensive field work, interviews with managers, unionists and workers, and massive documentation from internal union sources.

Author : Elisha P Renne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000219685

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Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria by Elisha P Renne Pdf

This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrialization—specifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeria—and its consequences for deceased workers’ families. The author shows how the dead work in various ways for Christians and Muslims who worked in KTL mill in Kaduna, not only for their families who still hope to receive termination remittances, but also as connections to extended family members in other parts of Nigeria and as claims to land and houses in Kaduna. Building upon their actions as a way of thinking about the ways that the dead work for the living, the author focuses on three major themes. The first considers the growth of the city of Kaduna as a colonial construct which, as the capital of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, was organized by neighborhoods, by public cemeteries, and by industrial areas. The second theme examines the establishment of textile mills in the industrial area and new ways of thinking about work and labor organization, time regimens, and health, particularly occupational ailments documented in mill clinic records. The third theme discusses the consequences of KTL mill workers’ deaths for the lives of their widows and children. This book will be of interest to scholars of African studies, development studies, anthropology of work, and the history of industrialization. The Introduction, Chapter 2 and the Conclusion of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003058137

Author : Ilda Lindell
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848138339

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Africa's Informal Workers by Ilda Lindell Pdf

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household ‘coping strategies’ and individual agency, addressing the growing number of collective organizations through which informal workers make themselves visible and articulate their demands and interests. The emerging picture is that of a highly diverse landscape of organized actors, providing grounds for tension but also opportunities for alliance. The collection examines attempts at organizing across the formal-informal work spheres, and explores the novel trend of transnational organizing by informal workers. Part of the ground-breaking Africa Now series, Africa’s Informal Workers is a timely exploration of deep, ongoing economic, political and social transformations.

Author : Stefano Bellucci,Andreas Eckert
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847012180

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General Labour History of Africa by Stefano Bellucci,Andreas Eckert Pdf

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.

Author : Ann Cecilie Bergene,Sylvi B. Endresen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317095552

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Missing Links in Labour Geography by Ann Cecilie Bergene,Sylvi B. Endresen Pdf

Addressing a number of 'missing links' in the analysis of labour and its geographies, this volume examines how theoretical perspectives on both labour in general and the organizations of the labour movement in particular can be refined and redefined. Issues of agency, power and collective mobilizations are examined and illustrated via a wide range of case studies from the 'global north' and 'global south' in order to develop a better and fuller appreciation of labour market processes in developed and developing countries.

Author : A. Carl LeVan,Patrick Ukata
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192526328

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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics by A. Carl LeVan,Patrick Ukata Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics offers a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria's very rich history and ever changing politics to its readers. It provides a deep understanding of Nigeria's socio-political evolution and experience by covering broad range of political issues and historical eras. The volume encompasses 44 chapters organized thematically into essays covering history, political institutions, civil society, economic and social policy, identity and insecurity, and Nigeria in a globalized world. By identifying many of the classic debates in Nigerian politics, the chapters serve as an authoritative introduction to Africa's most populous country. The chapters are interdisciplinary, introducing readers to classic debates and key research on Nigeria, as well as new methodologies, new data, and a compelling corpus of research questions for the next generation of researchers and readers interested in Africa.

Author : W. Adebanwi,E. Obadare
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230109636

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Encountering the Nigerian State by W. Adebanwi,E. Obadare Pdf

Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter , that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.

Author : J. Kraus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230610033

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Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa by J. Kraus Pdf

In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.

Author : Elisha P. Renne,Salihu Maiwada
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472054442

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Textile Ascendancies by Elisha P. Renne,Salihu Maiwada Pdf

Until this century, Northern Nigeria was a major center of textile production and trade. Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria examines this dramatic change in textile aesthetics, technologies, and social values in order to explain the extraordinary shift in textile demand, production, and trade. Textile Ascendancies provides information for the study of the demise of textile manufacturing outside Nigeria. The book also suggests the conundrum considered by George Orwell concerning the benefits and disadvantages of “mechanical progress,” and digital progress, for human existence. While textile mill workers in northern Nigeria were proud to participate in the mechanization of weaving, the “tendency for the mechanization of the world” represented by more efficient looms and printing equipment in China has contributed to the closing of Nigerian mills and unemployment. Textile Ascendancies will appeal toanthropologists for its analyses of social identity as well as how the ethnic identity of consumers influences continued handwoven textile production. The consideration of aesthetics and fashionable dress will appeal to specialists in textiles and clothing. It will be useful to economic historians for the comparative analysis of textile manufacturing decline in the 21st century. It will also be of interest to those thinking about global futures, about digitalization, and how new ways of making cloth and clothing may provide both employment and environmentally sound production practices.

Author : M. Oyelere
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137341228

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The Impact of Political Action on Labour Movement Strength by M. Oyelere Pdf

In light of the decline of trade union membership and the role TU are expected to play in industrial relations, this book explores the consequences of government action and the economic policies on TU membership, investigating the forms of political action undertaken by TU and reviewing the conditions under which these actions succeed or fail.

Author : P. Utting,S. Razavi,R. Varghese Buchholz,Rebecca Varghese Buchholz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137002501

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The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change by P. Utting,S. Razavi,R. Varghese Buchholz,Rebecca Varghese Buchholz Pdf

Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.

Author : Shaonan Liu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000596533

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The History of Chinese Presence in Nigeria (1950s–2010s) by Shaonan Liu Pdf

As the first book-length work on the history of Chinese presence in Nigeria, this book examines how Chinese migrants and the Nigerian state, workers, traders, and consumers interacted with and influenced one another from the mid twentieth century to the early twenty-first century. Based on a combination of archival sources and oral history interviews, this book argues that the significant Chinese presence in Nigeria—Chinese-owned factories, commodities, and entrepreneurs—is not as recent a phenomenon as it might appear. As early as the 1950s, an influential yet understudied group of Chinese entrepreneurs moved to Nigeria, set up factories and gradually came to dominate some of the country’s key manufacturing industries such as textile and enamelware over subsequent decades. Such dominance remained unchallenged until the coming of mainland Chinese traders with their made-in-China goods in the late 1990s, dramatically changing the structure and influential pattern of the Chinese in Nigeria. The research also emphasizes African (Nigerian) agency in shaping this Chinese presence, both economically and culturally. This is a vital read for academics, researchers, and students of African History, African Studies, Chinese Studies, and those who are interested in contemporary issues relating to Africa-China relations.