Shipbuilding and ship repair workers around the world : : case studies 1950-2010 / / edited by Raquel Varela, Hugh Murphy, and Marcel van der Linden.

• Superior document: Work around the globe: historical comparisons and connections ; 2
• TeilnehmendeR: Linden, Marcel van der, 1952-; Murphy, Hugh, 1956-; Varela, Raquel,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Work around the globe ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (749 pages) :; illustrations, tables; digital, PDF file(s).
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Introduction /; North-western Europe --; 2. Labour in the British shipbuilding and ship repairing industries in the twentieth century --; 3. Bremer Vulkan. A case study of the West German shipbuilding industry and its narratives in the second half of the twentieth century /; 4. From boom to bust. Kockums, Malmö (Sweden), 1950-1986 /; 5. The Norwegian shipbuilding industry after 1945. Production systems, rationalisation, and labour relations, with special reference to Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder and Aker Stord /; 6. From war reparations to luxury cruise liners. Production changes and labour relations at the Turku shipyard (Finland) between 1950 and 2010 /; 7. The Dutch shipbuilding industry, 1950-2012 /; Southern and Eastern Europe --; 8. Always on the verge of sinking. Labour and production in the Sestri Ponente shipyard, Genoa (Italy), 1950-2014 /; 9. Work, workers, and labour conflicts in the shipyard Bazán /Navantia-Ferrol, Galicia (Spain), 1950-2014 /; 10. Against market rules. A Spanish shipyard nobody wanted (except workers) /; 11. Labour relations in a Portuguese shipyard. The case of Setenave /; 12. Work in the Portuguese shipyards of Lisnave. From the right to work to precariousness of employment /; 13. The Gdańsk Shipyard. Production regime and workers' conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s in the People's Republic of Poland /; 14. The shipbuilding industry in Galați (Romania) under communism, 1948-1989 /; The Americas and Australia --; 15. Charting a new course. US shipbuilding labour, 1950-2014 /; 16. The Argentinean shipbuilding industry. Workers' struggles in a state shipyard /; 17. Production and labour of a stateowned enterprise. A case study of an Argentinean shipyard, Astillero Río Santiago /; 18. Labour in the Brazilian shipbuilding industry. A contribution to an analysis of the recovery period /; 19. Brazilian shipbuilding and workers between tradition and innovation. Shipyards Caneco/Rio Nave and Mauá - Rio de Janeiro, 1950-2014 /; 20. Cockatoo Island, Australia. Industry, labour, and protest culture /; Asia --; 21. Evolution and development of the shipbuilding industry in Bharati Shipyard Ltd, Maharashtra (India), from the 1970s to 2010. Employer, employee, and production perspectives /; 22. Shipbuilding and shipbuilders in Thailand /; 23. The lower labour market and the development of the post-war Japanese shipbuilding industry /; 24. The evolution of labour relations in the South Korean shipbuilding industry. A case study of Hanjin Heavy Industries, 1950-2014 /; 25. China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam /; 26. Some final observations /; Appendix 1: The effects of the oil price shocks on shipbuilding in the 1970s /; Appendix 2: Shipbuilding in 2013: an analysis of shipbuilding statistics /; Glossary of shipping and shipbuilding terms --; Collective bibliography --; Notes on contributors --; Index
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 699-729) and index.
• ISBN: 9048530725
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raquel Varela, Hugh Murphy, and Marcel van der Linden.

Maritime trade is the backbone of the world's economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined in the 1950s by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most recently, China. The case studies in this volume trace these and other important developments in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries, as well as workers' responses to these historic transformations.