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    "title": "Strikes around the world",
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    "description": "Are strikes going out of fashion or are they an inevitable feature of working life? This is a longstanding debate. The much-proclaimed \u2018withering away of the strike\u2019 in the 1950s was quickly overturned by the \u2018resurgence of class conflict\u2019 in the late 1960s and 1970s. The period since then has been characterized as one of \u2018labor quiescence\u2019. Commentators again predict the strike\u2019s demise, at least in the former heartlands of capitalism.<br />Patterns of employment are constantly changing and strike activity reflects this. The secular decline of manufacturing in mature industrialized economies is of major importance here (though the global relocation of manufacturing may lead to some \u2018relocation\u2019 of strikes). Simultaneously we see the growth of disputes in the service sector (the \u2018tertiarization\u2019 of strikes). This is evident particularly in public services, including health care, social care and education, and is accompanied by a \u2018feminization\u2019 of strikes, given the prevalence of women working there. <br />This unique study draws on the experience of fifteen countries around the world \u2013 South Africa, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Covering the high and low points of strike activity over the period 1968\u20132005, the study shows continuing evidence of the durability, adaptability and necessity of the strike.",
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