Cultures of Solidarity : Consciousness, Action, and Contemporary American Workers

A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing assumptions to task and sheds new light upon this very important issue. In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of American working-class consciousness and collective action

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Year of publication:	1989
Authors:	Fantasia, Rick
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press
Subject:	Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Arbeitskampf \| Industrial action

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (317 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Preface; Part One: Theoretical Directions and the Historical Terrain; 1. Culture and Consciousness in Action; 2. Corporate Action and the Bounds of Solidarity; Part Two: Contemporary Expressions of Consciousness and Action; 3. The Internal Dynamics of Wildcat Strikes: Routinization and Its Discontents; 4. Union Organizing and Collective Interaction: "Like a Thief in the Night"; 5. The Strike as Emergent Culture: Community and Collective Action; 6. The Limits and Possibilities of Trade Union Action; Appendix: The Measures Taken: Some Notes on Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;
ISBN:	978-0-520-06795-0 ; 978-0-520-90967-0 ; 978-0-520-06795-0
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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