Organising for what? Where is the debate on the politics of organising

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ID2373404
AutoresMelanie Simms (0000-0002-2790-5622, University of Warwick), Jane Holgate (0000-0003-2311-6981, London Metropolitan University)
Ano2010
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas157-168
Data de publicação2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017010361413
OpenAlexW2096896408
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45
Referências citadas17

Many unions that have adopted 'new' organising approaches have tended to see organising as a 'toolbox' of practices rather than as having an underpinning political philosophy or objective. Adopting such an approach has left out the fundamental question of what are we1 organising 'for'? Academics studying these developments have tended to evaluate organising outcomes against whatever objectives unions have set themselves and have not dealt with the question of what organising is and what it is for. It is important to examine the politics and processes underpinning organising activity and to keep in mind these fundamental questions. We (re)examine the political dynamics of organising and argue that there is a need for a more robust notion of power and the centrality of worker self-organisation in organising objectives

Centrality · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Self organisation · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Toolbox · Underpinning · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy · Psychology