Shaul A. Duke

The Stratifying Trade Union

The Case of Ethnic and Gender Inequality in Palestine, 1920-1948

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines a basic assumption behind most of the critical, progressive thinking of our times: that trade unions are necessarily tools for solidarity and are integral to a more equal and just society. Shaul A. Duke assesses the trade union's potential to promote equality in ethnically and racially diverse societies by offering an in-depth look into how unions operate; how power flows between union levels; where inequality originates; and the role of union members in union dynamics. By analyzing the trade union's effects on working-class inequality in Palestine during 1920-1948, this book shifts the conventional emphasis on worker-employer relations to that of worker-worker relations. It offers a conceptualization of how strong union members directed union policy from below in order to eliminate competition, often by excluding marginalized groups. The comparison of the union experiences of Palestinian-Arabs, Jewish-Yemeni immigrants, and Jewish women offers a fresh look into thelabor history of Palestine and its social stratification.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-87950-5
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9783319879505
• ISBN-10: 3319879502
• Artikelnr.: 55127584

Autorenporträt

Shaul A. Duke recently earned his PhD from the Department of Sociology at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. His work on political sociology's tendency to ignore the masses' role in endorsing repressive policies was published in Critical Sociology , and his work on technology's potential to enable independent large-scope research appeared in Current Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction .- 2. Mandatory Palestine's Political Economy and Trade Union Regime.- 3. Full Union Exclusion: The Case of Mandatory Palestine's Arabs Severe Partial Union Exclusion: The Case of Yemeni Jews in Mandatory Palestine.- 4. Moderate Partial Union Exclusion: The Case of Ashkenazi Women Workers in Mandatory Palestine.- 5. Standardization, Inclusion, and Tying Together the Union Uses Model.- 6. Conclusion.