Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India

—Marcel van der Linden, International Institute of Social History, The Netherlands

 “Nowak’s book meticulously details the trajectory of strikes and its resultant new forms of organisations in India and Brazil. The central focus of this analytically rich and thought provoking book is to search for a new political alternative model of organising workers. A very good deed indeed!”

—Nandita Mondal, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

 “Jörg Nowak analyses with critical sense forms of popular organization that often remain invisible. It is an indispensable book for all those who are looking for more effective analytical resources to better understand the present situation and the future promises of the workers’ movements.”

—Roberto Vérasde Oliveira, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil

 “In this timely and important study, Nowak convincingly challenges the dominant Eurocentric approach to labour conflict and calls for a new theory of strikes. He stresses the need to engage in a wider perspective that includes social reproduction, neighbourhood mobilisations, and the specific traditions of struggles in the Global South.”

—Edward Webster, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa