Lainey Newman, Theda Skocpol

Rust Belt Union Blues

Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party

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Produktbeschreibung

Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol provide timely insight into the relationship between the decline of unions and the shift of working-class voters away from Democrats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm
• ISBN-13: 9780231218795
• ISBN-10: 0231218796
• Artikelnr.: 70601664

Autorenporträt

Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
1. Understanding Social and Political Change in the Rust Belt
2. The Social Underpinnings of the "Union Man"
3. The Economic Breakdown of Big Labor from Without and Within
4. Union Membership Transformed
5. From Union Blue to Trump Red
6. On Union Decline and the Potential for Resurgence
Appendix A. Voting Patterns in Western Pennsylvania
Appendix B. Sample Interview Questions
Appendix C. Photographs in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Appendix D. Local Union Mentions in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Notes
Glossary
Index