Exploring a range of transnational labour movements, the book provides a theory for understanding how collective action succeeds and fails.
Andreas Bieler is professor of political economy at Nottingham University, UK and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice. Roland Erne teaches labour relations at University College Dublin, Ireland. Darragh Golden is a PhD candidate based at the University College Dublin, Ireland. Idar Helle is historian in the field of European labour movements and industrial relations. Knut Kjeldstadli is professor of modern history at the University of Oslo, Norway. Tiago Matos is a PhD candidate in History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Sabina Stan is lecturer in sociology at Dublin City University, Ireland.