Paul Durrenberger is one of the eminent labour anthropologist, specialised in understanding trade union and labour movements in the context of neoliberal policies and settings. his labour studies was not bounded to 'modern 'industrial workers, he had done extensive fieldwork in Iceland, Thailand and US among tribal and peasants and wrote extensively on the comparisons between different types of work and 'workers'. His most important books are 'the anthropology of labour unions', 'gambling debt', 'uncertain times' and ' the anthropological study of class and class consciousness'. The most important idea he put forward through his books is about how labour unions became service organizations for neo-liberal agendas and entrepreneurs rather than being the driving force behind social movements, at least in the United States.
