Labor Visions and State Power The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States |
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| Author:
| Hattam, Victoria C. |
| Series title: | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-63006-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $185.00 |
Book Description:
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Why has labor played a more limited role in national politics in the United States than it has in other advanced industrial societies? Victoria Hattam demonstrates that voluntarism, as American labor's policy was known, was the American Federation of Labor's strategic response to the structure of the American state, particularly to the influence of
Why has labor played a more limited role in national politics in the United States than it has in other advanced industrial societies? Victoria Hattam demonstrates that voluntarism, as American labor's policy was known, was the American Federation of Labor's strategic response to the structure of the American state, particularly to the influence of