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This is an abbreviated, updated (and footnote-free) version of a paper first published under the title of ‘Social Movement Unionism’ (Waterman 1993). 1 have traded in this title for the current one because a number of writers on trade unionism in the third world (mis)understood social movement unionism to mean an alliance between unions and ‘communities’. The latter were understood to be local and/or national-popular communities, and to exist primarily in the third world. Since my own notion was not intended to be either populist or thirdworldist, I have cheerfully abandoned it to them. Cheerfully, because I think it is possible to draw out of the present collection something closer to my original intention and the present title. Let us explore this further.
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Waterman, P. (1999). The New Social Unionism: A New Union Model for a New World Order. In: Munck, R., Waterman, P. (eds) Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalization. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27063-7_15
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