Contesting restructuring, transforming representation : autoworkers and the gendered struggle for counter-hegemony in Mexico

This dissertation examines three examples of resistance within Mexican labour unions during a period of sustained crisis at the national level, as well as at the level of world order. 1 argue that crisis in Mexico cannot be understood without an examination of the social relations of both class and gender. I develop this argument through a neo-Gramscian analysis of crisis, hegemony and struggles for counter-hegemony, as these are conditioned by relations of class and gender …Doctor of Philosoph