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Transnational Social Movement Unionism als Vitalisierungsstrategie und Chance für Gewerkschafterinnen? Das Beispiel des Bekleidungssektors Bangladeschs
[Transnational Social Movement Unionism as a Revitalisation Strategy and Chance for Female Trade Unionists? A Case Study from Bangladesh’s Ready-made Garment Sector]

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Der Beitrag analysiert die Chancen und Grenzen eines transnationalen Social Movement Unionism (SMU) im Kontext des Bekleidungssektors Bangladeschs. SMU galt in Bangladesch insbesondere aufgrund des Prozesses der Depolitisierung zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen im Anschluss an die Aid-Dependency des Landes als kaum realisierbar. Unberücksichtigt blieb hierbei aber weitestgehend die Rolle der Kategorie Geschlecht. Vor dem Hintergrund meines empirischen Materials, das zwischen 2010 und 2015 in Form von Interviews mit Angehörigen von Gewerkschaften und Labour-NGOs erhoben wurde, argumentiere ich, dass erste Ansätze von SMU erkennbar sind. Darüber hinaus zeigt der Blick auf den Bekleidungssektor Bangladeschs, dass das Potenzial dieses Organisierungskonzeptes sich insbesondere mit Blick auf die Arbeiterinnen und Gewerkschafterinnen offenbart. Ferner wird anhand dieses empirischen Beispiels die transnationale Rahmung des Arbeitsrechtsaktivismus verdeutlicht, der sich vom SMU der 1980er Jahre deutlich unterscheidet und als wegweisende Perspektive zu grenzüberschreitender Kooperation dienen kann. Nichtsdestotrotz hinterfragt der Beitrag die Notwendigkeit einer geographischen Lokalisierung des gegenwärtigen SMU und plädiert vielmehr für eine stärkere Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Strukturkategorien innerhalb der Labour Studies sowie für eine größere Wachsamkeit gegenüber Organisierungsformen jenseits des traditionellen gewerkschaftlichen Musters.

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  • Fink, Elisabeth, 2018. "Transnational Social Movement Unionism als Vitalisierungsstrategie und Chance für Gewerkschafterinnen? Das Beispiel des Bekleidungssektors Bangladeschs [Transnational Social Movement Unionism as a ," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 25(2), pages 188-208.
  • Handle: RePEc:zbw:indbez:225194
    DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v25i2.04
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    Keywords

    Bangladesch; Bekleidungssektor; Social Movement Unionism; Gender; Bangladesh; Ready-made garment sector; Social Movement Unionism; Gender;
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    JEL classification:

    • F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights
    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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