{"product_id":"the-making-of-an-african-pnina-werbner-9780745334967","title":"The Making of an African Working Class: Politics, Law, and Cultural Protest in the Manual Workers' Union of Botswana","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is now 50 years since E.P. Thompson published his classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the English Working Class.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of an African Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e follows Thompson in exploring the formation of working class identity among low-paid African workers. In arguing for a radical public anthropology of worker identity, the book seeks to analyse the cultural, legal, ideological and experiential dimensions of labour activism often neglected in other labour studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePnina Werbner shows that by fusing cosmopolitan and local popular cultural forms of protest, unionists have created a distinctive, vernacular way of being a worker in Botswana: one that does not deny workers' roots at home or in the countryside, while being cognisant of a wider world of cosmopolitan labour rights. The assertion of working class dignity, honour and respect, Pnina argues, is a powerful motivating force for manual workers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst legal-sceptical approaches, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of an African Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e argues that in challenging the government - their employer - in court, manual workers' protests and mobilisation are deeply embedded in ethics, social justice and the law. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pnina Werbner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745334962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745334967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Pnina Werbner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086791782655,"sku":"9780745334967","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea978302-87ef-4a7a-955b-083f52ea4768.jpg?v=1769096603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-an-african-pnina-werbner-9780745334967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}