| Tosstorff, Reiner 2005. Der Balkan im Blickwinkel der Gewerkschaftsinternationalen (Vom Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs bis zur Weltwirtschaftskrise) / The Balkans as seen by the trade union internationals (from the eve of World War One to the world economic crisis). Mitteilungsblatt des Instituts für soziale Bewegungen 28 (33) , pp. 77-98. |
Abstract
The Balkans drew the attention of the Trade Union International, founded as a separate institution in 1901 under social-democratic dominance and led by the German Carl Legien. It organised essential support for the development of the Balkan trade unions. At the same time, it tried to mediate in the conflicts which shook the Bulgarian workers’ movement, with repercussions all over the Balkans. The consequences of the First World War led to the transformation of these organisational conflicts into political ones when the communist Red International of Labour Unions was founded. A bitter struggle was waged within the Balkan trade union movement which further undermined its weak position. The reconstruction of the intervention by the two trade union internationals not only shows the organisational consequences and the mutual interdependencies, but also highlights the difficulties of the ‚gaze from afar‘, from the centre of the European labour movement, onto such an ‚exotic region‘.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula |
| Language other than English: | German |
| Publisher: | Ruhr-Universitat Bochum |
| ISSN: | 0173-2471 |
| Related URLs: | |
| Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2016 22:06 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3947 |
Actions (repository staff only)
 |
Edit Item |
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
Cardiff University Information Services