Theorising capitalist diversity

The uneven and combined development of labour forms

Bibliographic Data

ID4854774
AuthorsNick Taylor (0000-0003-3195-1020, University of Warwick, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume38
Issue1
Pages129-141
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCapital & Class (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0309816813513091
OpenAlexW2162892733
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited44

This article seeks to elaborate a framework for the study of diversity in forms of labour using Trotsky's theory of uneven and combined development (UCD). It argues that labour markets are constituted by systemic processes of capital accumulation and uneven development in the global economy, but that these processes have highly differentiated outcomes in terms of the forms of labour that have historically emerged within and across national boundaries. Exploring some of the neglected elements of different forms of labour, including non-waged labour, the article demonstrates how we might conceptualise the way in which combinations of labour forms exist within any given space of the world economy. Using the examples of both internal and transnational migration, it argues that charting the social and spatial relations of production, and the labouring experiences and forms of worker politics associated with them, is an effective way of understanding the constitution and restructuring of different forms of labour

Capitalism · Constitution · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Labour economics · Labour law · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relations of production · Restructuring · Sociology · Wage labour · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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