Beyond Decent Work: The Cultural Political Economy of Labour Struggles in Indonesia (Labour Studies, Band 14) - The Cultural Political Economy of Labour Struggles in Indonesia

Was können Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter im globalen Süden der Abwärtsspirale aus niedrigen Löhnen und schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen entgegensetzen? Am Beispiel Indonesiens untersucht diese Studie unterschiedliche Gewerkschaftsstrategien im Kontext transnationaler Wertschöpfungsketten. Sie bietet eine kritische Analyse der jüngeren Arbeitskämpfe in Indonesien vor dem Hintergrund der gewaltvollen Unterdrückung unabhängiger Gewerkschaften unter dem Diktator Suharto einerseits und dem neoliberalen Globalisierungsprozess andererseits, der die transnationalen Konzerne - auf der Suche nach billiger Arbeit - nach Indonesien gebracht hat.

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Contents
Acknowledgements8
Figures9
Tables10
Abbreviations11
1. Introduction15
1.1 Research Question and Hypothesis17
1.2 Theoretical and Methodological Framework19
1.3 Historical and Empirical Analysis20
2. From Regulation Theory to Cultural Political Economy23
2.1 Regulation Theory23
2.1.1 Accumulation and Regulation24
2.1.2 Social Forms and Institutional Forms27
2.1.3 The Improbability Question33
2.2 Cultural Political Economy35
2.2.1 Semiosis and Structuration37
2.2.2 Discourse and Dispositive40
2.2.3 Economic Imaginaries50
3. Towards Critical Grounded Theory59
3.1 Critical Discourse and Dispositive Analysis60
3.2 Grounded Theory Methods63
3.3 Critical Realism and Retroduction66
3.4 A Retroductive Model of Critical Grounded Theory69
3.5 A CPE Approach to Decent Work72
3.6 A CGT Study of Decent Work76
4. Neoliberal Globalisation and Labour Regulation90
4.1 A Brief History of Neoliberalism90
4.1.1 T he Crisis of Fordism and the Forces of Globalisation91
4.1.2 Neoliberalisation and Feminisation of Labour98
4.2 History of Global Labour Regulation102
4.2.1The ILO in Historical Context102
4.2.2The Social Clause Debate and the Emergence of Private
Regulation104
4.2.3The Decent Work Agenda109
5. Trade Unions and Labour Politics in Indonesia117
5.1 From Independence to the New Order118
5.2 Industrial Relations under Suharto121
5.3 Resurgence of the Labour Movement and Reformasi123
5.4 The Current Situation of Organised Labour135
6. Contested Imaginaries of Decent Work142
6.1 The Better Work Programme142
6.1.1 Better Factories Cambodia144
6.1.2 Better Work Indonesia149
6.2 The Play Fair Alliance158
6.2.1 The Protocol on Freedom of Association160
6.2.2 The Dilemma of Freedom of Association164
6.3 Decent Work from Above and Below173
7. Recovered Imaginaries Beyond Decent Work181
7.1 The National Union Confederation182
7. 1.1 Tracing the Emergence of KSN186
7.1.2 The Strategies of KSN189
7.2 The Indonesian People's Movement Confederation192
7.2.1 The Economic Imaginary of Alternative Economies194
7.2.2 Practical Experiences with Alternative Economies195
7.2.3 Radical Imaginaries: Recovered or Travelled?198
7.3 The Solidarity Economy Alternative202
8. Conclusion214
Works Cited227
Index242