Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction (Jürgen Kocka, Social Science Research Center, Germany) -- 1. Economic and Financial Crises (Youssef Cassis, European University Institute, Italy) -- 2. Work and Labour Relations (Andrea Komlosy, University of Vienna, Austria) -- 3. The Crisis of...

Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of. What is the day-to-day reality...