Between Class and Market - Couverture souple

Western, Bruce

 
9780691010335: Between Class and Market
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691010331 ISBN 13 : 9780691010335
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In the United States, less than one worker in five is currently in a labor union, while in Sweden, virtually the entire workforce is unionized. Despite compelling evidence for their positive effects, even the strongest European unions are now in retreat as some policymakers herald the U.S. model of market deregulation. These differences in union power significantly affect workers' living standards and the fortunes of national economies. What explains the enormous variation in unionization and why has the last decade been so hostile to organized labor? Bruce Western tackles these questions in an analysis of labor union organization in eighteen capitalist democracies from 1950 to 1990. Combining insights from sociology and economics in a novel way, Western views unions as the joint product of market forces and political and economic institutions.

The author argues that three institutional conditions are essential for union growth: strong working-class political parties, centralized collective bargaining, and union-run unemployment insurance. These conditions shaped the impact of market currents and explain variations across industries, across countries, and over time for the four decades since 1950. Between Class and Market traces the story of the postwar labor movements supported by a blend of historical investigation and sophisticated statistical analysis in an innovative framework for comparative research. Western tightly integrates institutional explanation and comparative method in a way that balances comparative generality with the unique historical experiences of specific cases.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bruce Western is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty associate of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691010331
ISBN 13 
9780691010335
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780691016177: Between Class and Market: Postwar Unionization in the Capitalist Democracies

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691016178 ISBN 13 :  9780691016177
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1997
Couverture rigide