OF BUSHMEN AND WORK: MODELS, MODELLING AND ILLUSIONS (2018) by Dafe Otobo

This book contains a partially revised version of the 9th Inaugural Lecture Series 2018 of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, delivered by Dafe Otobo on 4 July 2018. According to him, “this is a small part in the on-going attempt at placing state policies, organisational, managerial and workers practices in Nigeria, if not Africa and elsewhere, into truer perspective.” Aside from updating trade unionism, industrial relations and related developments in Nigeria, it is easily a thought-provoking and thoroughgoing critique of dominant received theories on labour and employment relations.

Contents

• Introduction
• Of Labels and Labelling
• Models, Modelling and Illusions
• The Farms in the Bush: How do we go?
• Dominant Received Farm-Management Model
• Harmattan and Farm Management The Bush, Farmers, Farm Managers and Disagreements in Post-Harmattan Period
• Understanding Organization of Farms in the Bush
• Dynamics of Overseer and Other Species in the Bush
• The Bush, Climate Change and Final Destination
• Public Policies and Micro-Macro Struggles in the Federal Public Service Since 1990
• Dispute-settlement Mechanism, Assessment and Suggestions for Improvement
• Final Destination?
• Neo-Patrimonialism, Dependent Capitalism and Prebendalism
• Trades Unions, Trade Unionism and Social Consciousness
• How About Trades Unions’ Strategies and Tactics?
• Concluding Remarks
• References and Select Bibliography