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Recovering solidarity? Work, struggle, and cooperation among Italian recovered enterprises
Author(s) -
Orlando Giovanni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
economic anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2330-4847
DOI - 10.1002/sea2.12186
Subject(s) - solidarity , phenomenon , capital (architecture) , work (physics) , political science , financial crisis , civil society , economy , business , economics , geography , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , politics , macroeconomics
Since the global financial crisis of 2008, thousands of workers across the world have revived bankrupt businesses without—and often against—the involvement of their previous owners. This kind of labor struggle is usually referred to as workers “recovering an enterprise.” Cases of recovery have been reported both in the United States and in European countries, from Spain and France to Greece and Italy. This article looks at the Italian phenomenon by analyzing a case study that shows how a complex history with capital, experiences of labor conflict and cooperation, and the creation of civil alliances are all key to workers' contemporary solidarity.