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Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) - Hardcover

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Eidlin, Barry

 
9781107106703: Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107106702 ISBN 13: 9781107106703
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Why are unions weaker in the US than in Canada, two otherwise similar countries? This difference has shaped politics, policy, and levels of inequality. Conventional wisdom points to differences in political cultures, party systems, and labor laws. But Barry Eidlin's systematic analysis of archival and statistical data shows the limits of conventional wisdom, and presents a novel explanation for the cross-border difference. He shows that it resulted from different ruling party responses to worker upsurge during the Great Depression and World War II. Paradoxically, US labor's long-term decline resulted from what was initially a more pro-labor ruling party response, while Canadian labor's relative long-term strength resulted from a more hostile ruling party response. These struggles embedded 'the class idea' more deeply in policies, institutions, and practices than in the US. In an age of growing economic inequality and broken systems of political representation, Eidlin's analysis offers insight for those seeking to understand these trends, as well as those seeking to change them.

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About the Author

Barry Eidlin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University, Montréal. He is a comparative historical sociologist interested in the study of class, politics, social movements, and social change. His research has been published in the American Sociological Review, Politics & Society, Sociology Compass, and Labor History, among other venues, and has won awards from the American Sociological Association, the Labor and Employment Relations Association, and the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. He also comments regularly in various media outlets on labor politics and policy.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107106702
ISBN 13 
9781107106703
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
386