Public Dramas and the Politics of Justice
Comparison of Janitors’ Union Struggles in South Korea and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2361966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J J Chun (0000-0002-0216-6376, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 486-503 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work and Occupations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888405278950 |
| OpenAlex | W2035656794 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 12 |
Low-wage, nonstandard service work is an expanding sector of employment in today's global economy. Although scholars document its effects on increasing poverty and inequality, few studies examine how peripherally employed workers respond to the erosion of their living and working conditions under new forms of employment-centered poverty. Through comparative ethno-graphic case studies of university janitors in South Korea and the United States, the author analyzes how one group of low-wage, nonstandard service workers is transforming their structural marginality into new sources of moral and material leverage. The author argues that unions are staging public dramas that redefine a particular labor dispute into broader violations over justice. Two factors are key to this process: cultivating associational power and symbolic leverage
Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Inequality · Labour economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Public sector · Public service · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Wage · Working class · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Political Economy and Marxism · Public Administration
The Power Resources Approach
Varieties of platform unionism
Twenty‐five years of management research on poverty
Kollektive Interessenvertretung im strategischen Dilemma – Atypisch Beschäftigte und die „dreifache Krise“ der Gewerkschaften / Collective Representation of Interests in a Strategic Dilemma – Atypical Employees and the “Threefold Crisis” of the Labor Unions
Humble white apron, shameful blue uniform and empowering red union vest
Starting from Scratch
Forging feminism within labor unions and the legacy of democracy movements in South Korea
Formal organizations and identity groups in social movements
Occupational Activism
Individual Needs Versus Collective Interests
Workers and Their Foes
The labour of learning
The Limits of Labor Exclusion
Manufacturing Affinity
Workers, Managers, and Customers
From Transformation to Revitalization
Striking News
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |