William Walling

American Labor and American Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

American Labor and American Democracy is an important work that will help reevaluate our understanding of labor and working-class history, establish a new perspective on todays labor movement, and shed light on the relationship of labor to socialism, capitalism, democracy, and social movements; the nature of the large business corporation; and the relationship of special interest groups to democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781412804721
• ISBN-10: 1412804728
• Artikelnr.: 21922990

Autorenporträt

William Walling

Inhaltsangabe

Volume I: Labor and Politics
Prefatory Note
I: Labor Enters Politics in its Own Way
II: Political Results-The First Crop
III: Labor Turns from Parties to the Public
IV: The Farmer-Labor Entente
V: A Non-Partisan Progressive Congress
VI: The La Follette Candidacy-A Labor-Progressive Experience
VII: The Non-Partisan Policy Meets a Severe Test Successfully
VIII: The Non-Partisan Policy in its Later Developments
IX: Bloc vs. Party Government
X: The Labor Progressive Program: The Appeal to the Consumer
XI: The Labor Progressive Program: The Appeals to the Producer and to the Citizen
XII: Rising Wages as Part of a Social Program
Volume II: Labor and Government
Introductory
I: Is American Labor Becoming Capitalistic?
II: Labor Co-Operates with Capital, But Refuses Combination
III: Labor Challenges the Domination of Capitalism
IV: The Social Struggle
V: Profits-Social and Anti-Social
VI: The Government of Industry
VII: The Attempt to Isolate Labor from Government
VIII: Labor Demands its Share in the Benefits of Government
IX: Government Operation Weighed and Found Wanting
X: The Solution: Social Supervision And Control