Overview
- Proposes an application of class analysis to explain the co-optation of the labor movement since the New Deal
- Uses conventional and Marxist sociological theories and the American labor movement as an historical case study
- Explains the decline of unions in the United States
Part of the book series: Social Movements and Transformation (SMT)
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—Ron Kaminkow, Locomotive Engineer, Organizer for Railroad Workers United
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Book Title: The U.S. Labor Movement in the 20th and Early 21st Century
Book Subtitle: A Critical Analysis
Authors: Adam Barrington
Series Title: Social Movements and Transformation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30077-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30076-9Published: 20 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30079-0Due: 21 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30077-6Published: 19 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2946-2193
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2207
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 191
Topics: Sociology of Work, Political Philosophy, Labor History, Political Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology