PART I: Strike Research from a Global Angle: Collective Action in Response to the Crisis of Neoliberalism 1. Beyond Methodological Fordism: The Case for Incorporated Comparisons 2. A Catastrophic Disequilibrium: Neoliberal Capitalism in Crisis 3. Shifting Conditions of Struggle: The Service and Public Sectors in the Age of Neoliberalism 4. Outside the Factory Gates: Strikes in Non-Industrial Workplaces around the World PART II: Strike Research from a Western European Angle: Class Formation in Non-Industrial Settings 5. Deindustrialization and Dwindling Union Density: Labour in Western Europe 6. Union Competition and Militancy: The Railway Strikes in Germany 7. Adsorption and the Struggle against Austerity: The Junior Doctors' Dispute in Britain 8.

Changing Terrains: The General and Feminist General Strikes in Spain Conclusion Appendix A: Mapping Appendix B: Background Interviews.