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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy by : Angela B. Cornell
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy written by Angela B. Cornell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are currently witnessing some of the greatest challenges to democratic regimes since the 1930s, with democratic institutions losing ground in numerous countries throughout the world. At the same time organized labor has been under assault worldwide, with steep declines in union density rates. In this timely handbook, scholars in law, political science, history, and sociology explore the role of organized labor and the working class in the historical construction of democracy. They analyze recent patterns of democratic erosion, examining its relationship to the political weakening of organized labor and, in several cases, the political alliances forged by workers in contexts of nationalist or populist political mobilization. The volume breaks new ground in providing cross-regional perspectives on labor and democracy in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Beyond academia, this volume is essential reading for policymakers and practitioners concerned with the relationship between labor and democracy.
Download or read book Mask of Democracy written by Dan La Botz and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on field research carried out in 1990-1991 in urban areas, with particular reference to maquiladoras enterprises along the US- Mexican border. Comprises an introduction by former US Secretary of Labour Ray Marshall advocating trade-linked labour standards.
Book Synopsis Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa by : J. Kraus
Download or read book Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa written by J. Kraus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.
Book Synopsis Democracy at Work by : Lowell Turner
Download or read book Democracy at Work written by Lowell Turner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success. This economic miracle incorporated a well-functioning political democracy, expanded to include a social partnership system of economic representation. Then the Wall came down. Economic crisis in the East—industrial collapse, massive layoffs, a demoralized workforce—triggered gloomy predictions. Was this the beginning of the end for the widely admired German model? Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in the 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was at the factory gates at Siemens in Rostock for the first major strike in post-Cold War eastern Germany. In that strike, and in a series of other incisively analyzed workplace and job developments in eastern Germany, he shows the remarkable resilience and flexibility of the German social partnership and the contribution of its institutions to unification. His controversial and, to some, radical findings will stimulate debate at home and abroad. Moving from world markets to the shop floor, this book is an ambitious and comprehensive analysis of the fate of contemporary unions in industrial societies. The international results of intensified competition and technological advance have stimulated much policy debate, but Lowell Turner is interested in clarifying a phenomenon that is far less widely understood: the political effects of new work organization on labor and management. Noting that the same cluster of production innovation and technological change has produced widely contrasting crossnational industrial relations outcomes, Turner provides a detailed, systematic study of the politics of new work organization at selected auto plants in the United States and Germany. He then examines in a more schematic fashion the telecommunications and apparel industries of those countries, as well as developments elsewhere. Exploring diverse patterns of union-management relations, he demonstrates the importance of existing national institutions and patterns of labor-management-state bargaining as sources of variation in work reorganization and in the collective representation of workers' interests. Particular national institutions of worker interest representation, he argues, shape managerial decisions and hence national industry responses to intensified competition in world markets. His industry-by-industry comparison explains why the American labor movement has declined in influence over the last decade, while the labor movements in Germany and several other countries have not. Further observations on the situation in Britain, Italy, Sweden, and Japan give depth and specificity to the terms of his argument. Most important, perhaps, Turner's analysis shows the conditions necessary for stable industrial relations settlements and a resurgence of union influence in the contemporary world economy. As interest grows in international business and comparative industrial relations, Democracy at Work will attract the attention of political scientists, economists, sociologists, and industrial and labor relations specialists, as well as representatives of labor, business, and government.
Book Synopsis Democracy, Social Justice and the Role of Trade Unions by : Caroline Kelly
Download or read book Democracy, Social Justice and the Role of Trade Unions written by Caroline Kelly and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade unions worldwide face a powerful paradox at this critical juncture: collective organisations for workers are urgently needed and yet there are serious pressures undercutting the legitimate role of trade unions. The aim of this book is to examine how trade unions can effectively navigate this deeply contradictory challenge. It is underpinned by the conviction that trade unions are – and should be – vital institutions for democracy and social justice. Written by leading scholars in industrial relations and labour law as well as those in political philosophy and political science, the collection tackles a range of pressing topics for trade unions including: the climate crisis; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic democracy; democracy within trade unions; precarious work; and election campaigns.
Book Synopsis American Trade Union Democracy by : William Morris Leiserson
Download or read book American Trade Union Democracy written by William Morris Leiserson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1976-03-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Schools of Democracy by : Clayton Sinyai
Download or read book Schools of Democracy written by Clayton Sinyai and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new political history of the labor movement, Clayton Sinyai examines the relationship between labor activism and the American democratic tradition. Sinyai shows how America's working people and union leaders debated the first questions of democratic theory—and in the process educated themselves about the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship. In tracing the course of the American labor movement from the founding of the Knights of Labor in the 1870s to the 1968 presidential election and its aftermath, Sinyai explores the political dimensions of collective bargaining, the structures of unions and businesses, and labor's relationships with political parties and other social movements. Schools of Democracy analyzes how labor activists wrestled with fundamental aspects of political philosophy and the development of American democracy, including majority rule versus individual liberty, the rule of law, and the qualifications required of citizens of a democracy. Offering a balanced assessment of mainstream leaders of American labor, from Samuel Gompers to George Meany, and their radical critics, including the Socialists and the Industrial Workers of the World, Sinyai provides an unusual and refreshing perspective on American labor history.
Book Synopsis The Transformation of U.S. Unions by : Ray M. Tillman
Download or read book The Transformation of U.S. Unions written by Ray M. Tillman and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily investigates how important the 1995 change in the leadership of the AFL-CIO, the US federation of labor unions, may turn out to be for the course of the labor movement. The 14 essays advocate a socially conscious grassroots democracy as the crux of union reform and resurgence. Labor activists, scholars, and journalists consider such topics as rank-and-file organizers, reform in the Teamsters and United Auto Workers, Justice for Janitors, and cross border alliances. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Union Democracy by : Seymour Martin Lipset
Download or read book Union Democracy written by Seymour Martin Lipset and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Future of Trades-unionism and Capitalism in a Democracy by : Charles William Eliot
Download or read book The Future of Trades-unionism and Capitalism in a Democracy written by Charles William Eliot and published by New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's sons. This book was released on 1910 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dynamics of Industrial Democracy by : Clinton Strong Golden
Download or read book The Dynamics of Industrial Democracy written by Clinton Strong Golden and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First edition." "Notes and references": pages 349-351.
Book Synopsis Comparative Union Democracy by : J. David Edelstein
Download or read book Comparative Union Democracy written by J. David Edelstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major empirical study of thirty-one British and fifty-one American national trade unions, this volume provides the background to a new, organizationally oriented theory of union democracy. Supported by in-depth studies of the political process in the British Mineworkers' Union and the Engineers' Union, the book develops and illustrates a general theory of how, in a country with democratic norms, formal organization itself can constrain a tendency toward oligarchy by stimulating union competition among full-time officers attempting to rise in the union hierarchy.Comparative Union Democracy is easily the best work on the subject that has appeared in years. It should be required reading for all those interested in organizational government, participatory democracy, generally, as well as in the labor movement.
Book Synopsis American Labor and American Democracy by : William English Walling
Download or read book American Labor and American Democracy written by William English Walling and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :American Civil Liberties Union. Committee on Democracy in Trade Unions Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :92 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (243 download)
Book Synopsis Democracy in Trade Unions by : American Civil Liberties Union. Committee on Democracy in Trade Unions
Download or read book Democracy in Trade Unions written by American Civil Liberties Union. Committee on Democracy in Trade Unions and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reigniting the Labor Movement by : Gerald Friedman
Download or read book Reigniting the Labor Movement written by Gerald Friedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century of union growth ended in the 1980s. Since then, declining union membership has undermined the Labor Movement‘s achievements throughout the advanced capitalist world. As unions have lost membership, declining economic clout and political leverage has left them as weak props upholding wages and programs for social justice. Since the earlies
Book Synopsis Trade Unions and Democracy by : Geoffrey Wood
Download or read book Trade Unions and Democracy written by Geoffrey Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. As civil society agents, unions may promote democracy within the wider society, especially in the case of authoritarian regimes or other rigid political systems, by acting as watchdogs and protecting hard-won democratic gains.Established democratic institutions in many advanced societies are facing new challenges. The problem with using trade unions for this purpose is that they remain locked in a cycle of political marginalization and decline. Beyond this, there are, ironically, serious questions about whether unions themselves internally function as democracies. Certainly there are tensions between rank and file membership and an authoritarian leadership, with this infighting having possible effects on strategic deals or alliances and member accountability and actions. On the other hand, trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialized countries, and in many case, they have a demonstrated capacity for working with other elements of civil society. Looking forward, trade unions may be able to play a vital role in channeling and focusing spontaneous popular upsurges. In the process, they may revitalize themselves through use of greater internal democracy and become geared toward more diverse constituencies. The question is, will they fulfill this promise or continue to suffer from internal breakups and external breakdowns? Can trade unions save themselves and democracy, or will both deteriorate in time?Trade Unions and Democracy brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society. It explores their capacity to affect political policies to ensure greater accountability and fairness. It also explores the nature of and extent to which internal representative democracy actually operates within trade unions themselves.Mark Harcourt is a professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Leadership at Waikato University in New Zealand.
Book Synopsis Industrial Democracy in America by : Nelson Lichtenstein
Download or read book Industrial Democracy in America written by Nelson Lichtenstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-07-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close examination of what came to be known among collars of any colour as 'the labour problem' with the railroad strikes of the 1870s.
