Workers and Democracy: The Indonesian Labour Movement, 1949-1957

by John Ingleson and Ingleson

Book Overview

Workers and Democracy is a study of worker activism and labor unions in the eight years between the recognition of Indonesian sovereignty by the Netherlands at the end of December 1949 and the nationalization of Dutch assets in December 1957. It contributes to a re-evaluation of the era of liberal parliamentary democracy in Indonesia. The focus is on the agency of workers and the structures, strategies and industrial campaigns of unions in the context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824893697
• ISBN13: 9780824893699
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"