Healy, Teresa R.2013-04-222013-04-2219991999-02http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50981This 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 …Text1 digital file (474 p.)Application/pdfenMEXICOAUTOMOBILE INDUSTRYGLOBALIZATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE UNION ACTIVISTSLABOUR MOVEMENTSSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL STRUCTURECIVIL SOCIETYGENDERRESISTANCE TO OPPRESSIONThesis