Between labour and moral duty: social conflicts, volunteer work and the moral economy of life-boating in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (1850–1914)

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q1 HISTORY Labor History Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI:10.1080/0023656x.2023.2280048
Nebiha Guiga
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The history of humanitarianism in the nineteenth century, and more specifically of the lifeboat movement, has so far paid limited attention to the role of rank-and-file, working-class volunteers and the ways in which they interacted with the broader moral framework of humanitarian causes. In order to contribute to this history, this article looks at social conflicts between lifeboat crews and local committees as related in inspection reports of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It argues that these conflicts hinge on the double nature of lifeboat work as both labour and moral duty, the incommensurability of these two aspects and the ways in which different social actors interpret them. It frames these tensions under the concept of moral economy and argues that the practical implementation of the humanitarian imperative of lifesaving at sea is partly a result of tensions and negotiations of mutual monetary and non-monetary obligations of the various actors at play at station level.
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劳动和道德责任之间:社会冲突、志愿者工作和皇家国家救生艇协会的道德经济(1850-1914)
到目前为止,19世纪的人道主义历史,特别是救生艇运动的历史,对普通工人阶级志愿者的作用以及他们与人道主义事业更广泛的道德框架的互动方式关注甚少。为了对这段历史有所贡献,本文着眼于与皇家国家救生艇协会的检查报告相关的救生艇船员和地方委员会之间的社会冲突。它认为,这些冲突取决于救生艇工作作为劳动和道德责任的双重性质,这两个方面的不可通约性以及不同社会行动者解释它们的方式。它将这些紧张关系置于道德经济的概念之下,并认为海上救生的人道主义必要性的实际执行部分是由于在站一级发挥作用的各种行动者的相互货币和非货币义务的紧张关系和谈判的结果。
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期刊介绍: Labor History is the pre-eminent journal for historical scholarship on labor. It is thoroughly ecumenical in its approach and showcases the work of labor historians, industrial relations scholars, labor economists, political scientists, sociologists, social movement theorists, business scholars and all others who write about labor issues. Labor History is also committed to geographical and chronological breadth. It publishes work on labor in the US and all other areas of the world. It is concerned with questions of labor in every time period, from the eighteenth century to contemporary events. Labor History provides a forum for all labor scholars, thus helping to bind together a large but fragmented area of study. By embracing all disciplines, time frames and locales, Labor History is the flagship journal of the entire field. All research articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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