Introduction / Catherine Casey [and others] -- The social roots of the democratic crisis of the EU and the role of trade unions / Francesco Garibaldo -- Euro-democratisation and its alternatives : an analytical framework for organised labour / Roland Erne -- Path dependency and research on...

The labor movement is weak and divided. Some think that it is dying. But Julius Getman, a preeminent labor scholar, demonstrates through examination of recent developments that a resurgent labor movement is possible. He proposes new models for organizing and innovating techniques to strengthen...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. OVERVIEW -- 2. THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LABOR -- 3. THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT -- 4. THE NEED FOR LABOR UNIONS TO ORGANIZE TRADITIONALLY NONUNION PERSONNEL -- 5. ENHANCING ORGANIZED LABOR'S...