Between class and market : postwar unionization in the capitalist democracies / Bruce Western
- Bib ID:
- 1640043
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Western, Bruce, 1964-
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- Description:
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997
- xx, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0691016178 (alkaline paper) (cased) (cl)
- 0691010331 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
"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, among countries, and over time for the four decades since 1950. Between Class and Market traces the story of the postwar labor movements through a blend of historical investigation and sophisticated statistical analysis in an innovative comparative framework."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Class Power, Market Power, and the Comparative Method
- 2. Variation in Union Membership
- 3. Labor Market Centralization
- 4. The Ghent System
- 5. Political Parties and Trade Unions
- 6. Cross-Sectional Analysis of Union Density
- 7. The Business Cycle and Union Growth
- 8. The Structure of Labor Markets
- 9. Introducing the Decline of Unions in the 1980s
- 10. Power, Efficiency, and Institutional Change
- 11. Globalization, Institutional Change, and Union Decline in the 1980s
- 12. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index.
- Subject:
- Labor unions -- History -- 20th century
- Copyright:
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