Hard work : remaking the American labor movement

Rick Fantasia, Kim Voss

This concise overview of the labor movement in the United States focuses on why American workers have failed to develop the powerful unions that exist in other industrialized countries. Packed with valuable analysis and information, Hard Work explores historical perspectives, examines social and political policies, and brings us inside today's unions, providing an excellent introduction to labor in America. Hard Work begins with a comparison of the very different conditions that prevail for labor in the United States and in Europe. What emerges is a picture of an American labor movement forced

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Alternative title:	Des syndicats domestiqués. <engl.>
Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Fantasia, Rick
Other Persons:	Voss, Kim (contributor)
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press
Subject:	Arbeiterbewegung \| Labour movement \| Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xv, 244 p) 22 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index Revised and enlarged edition of Des syndicats domestiqués, which was originally written in English, then translated into French and published in Paris by Raisons d'agir, 2002 Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Why Labor Matters: The Underside of the "American Model"; 2. An Exceptionally Hostile Terrain; 3. Bureaucrats, "Strongmen," Militants, and Intellectuals; 4. Practices and Possibilities of a Social Movement Unionism; 5. Two Futures; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-520-24090-1 ; 0-520-24013-8 ; 978-0-520-24090-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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