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Labour and Parastatal Politics in Sierra Leone

A Study of African Working-Class Ambivalence

Bibliographic Data

ID5015247
AuthorsE Frances White (corresponding author), David Fashole Luke, David Luke (0000-0003-2141-2453)
Year1986
Volume19
Issue1
Pages127
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/218710
OpenAlexW606253940
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In its description of lower-paid workers in an African public corporation, this volume presents an original contribution to the discussion of class formation in contemporary Africa. Primarily an empirical study of the Dock Workers' Union at the Sierra Leone port organization, analysis is made of the union's attitudes, relation with management, political elites, and views of other trade unions. Written for students of political economy, sociology, labor relations and public administration. Co-published with Dalhousie University Press

Ambivalence · Class (philosophy · Ethnology · Political science · Politics · Sierra leone · Sociology · Working class · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

  • Dock Workers of the Port of Freetown

    David Fashole Luke, David Luke•Canadian Journal of African…•1985

  • The internationalization of labour politics in Africa

    Nick Bernards•Critical African Studies•2014

  • A Social History of Parastatal Employees in Southern Benin, 1989–1990

    Open Access•Alexander Keese•International Labor and…•2020

  • Sierra Leone at 50

    Open Access•Yusuf Bangura•Review of African Political Economy•2012

  • The Politics of Economic Decline in Sierra Leone

    Open Access•David Fashole Luke, David Luke et al.•The Journal of Modern African…•1989

  • The art of governing contingency

    Open Access•Lorenzo D’angelo, Lorenzo D''Angelo et al.•Historical Research•2016

Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,15
Citation span1985 - 2020 (36)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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