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Article: Sakhela Buhlungu (ed) (2006): Trade Unions and Democracy: Cosatu workers' political attitudes in South Africa.(Book review)
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- September 1, 2008
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Sakhela Buhlungu (ed) (2006) Trade Unions and Democracy: Cosatu workers' political attitudes in South Africa. Pretoria: HSRC Press.
This edited volume on Cosatu workers' political attitudes in South Africa has proved personally valuable for me in two respects. Firstly as a key resources in writing up my doctoral thesis on trade unions' role in the formation of labour markets; and, secondly, as a teaching resource for my graduate course on 'Globalisation, Trade Unions and Flexible Labour'. However the book and its various themes do not limit themselves to a narrowly labour discourse, and under the astute editorship of Buhlungu, the book engages in larger national ...