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Service workers in the era of monopoly capital : a Marxist analysis of service and retail labour / Fabian van Onzen.
Author
Van Onzen, Fabian
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
©2022
Description
1 online resource.
Availability
Available Online
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Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2021
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Subject(s)
Service industries workers
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Clerks (Retail trade)
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Hospitality industry
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Employees
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Series
Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 202.
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Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; Volume 202
Summary note
In Service Workers in the Era of Monopoly Capital , Fabian van Onzen uses Marxist theory to analyse the process by which service and retail workers are exploited by the capitalist class. His analysis takes us through the primary concepts of Marxism-surplus-value, commodity form, etc.-and demonstrates their relevance for understanding the service industry. The book demonstrates that service and retail workers-shop employees, cleaners, hospitality workers-- are integral to the capitalist system and have significant power to transform society if organised properly. Van Onzen argues that the key to ending the exploitation of service workers is through the socialist transformation of society. The book contains an examination of what service work will be like under socialism and provides examples of how former socialist countries changed the nature of service labour. Service Workers in the Era of Monopoly Capital is an important addition to Marxist theory, which is still somewhat lacking in detailed accounts of the service and retail industry.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Centrality of Service Work in Contemporary Capitalism
Overview of Book
Chapter 2: Historical Materialism
Method of Historical Materialism
Mode of Production & Social Formation
Historical Materialism Research
Chapter 3: Marxism, Class, and the Service Industry
Marxist Definition of Class
Two Approaches to Class Analysis
Main Classes of Capitalist Mode of Production
The Working Class
The Bourgeoisie
The Petty-Bourgeoisie
Chapter 4: Service Labour and Value Theory
Marxism, Services, Commodities
Surplus-Value and Service Workers
Surplus Value in the Service Industry
Productive and Unproductive Labour
Increased Surplus-Value
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Retail and the Circulation of Commodities
Circulation of Commodities
Circulation Time and Costs of Circulation
Production in Circulation
Consumption Time & Consumption Period
Chapter 6: Monopoly Capital and Imperialism
Marx on Commercial Capital
The Emergence of Monopoly Capital
Imperialism and Monopoly Capitalism
Imperialism and the Split in the Bourgeoisie
Dependency Theory: Centre and Periphery
Unequal Exchange
Chapter 7: Two Stages of Production and Realisation
Stage One: Production of Goods
(Stage Two: The Realisation of Surplus-Value
Possibilities for Resistance to Monopoly Capitalism
Chapter 8: A Marxist Analysis of Outsourcing
Bidvest-Noonan: A Case Study in Outsourcing
Chapter 9: Cleaning Workers and Surplus Value
Molly Maid: A Case Study
Chapter 10: Organizing Retail and Service Workers
Retail: H&M Workers in Germany
Cleaners in Struggle
Exposure Campaigns and Workers Power
Chapter 11: Service, Retail and Transport Under Socialism
What is Socialism?
Workers Power
Socialist Mode of Production
Socialist Planning
Food Consumption Under Socialism
Socialist Integration and Retail Labour Under Socialism
Residential Cleaning Under Socialism
Cleaning Outside the Home
Transportation Under Socialism
Chapter 12: Afterword
Index.
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ISBN
90-04-46962-1
OCLC
1281990332
Doi
10.1163/9789004469624
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