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The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance

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Description for The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance paperback. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.

Although labor unions have faced a decline in membership in recent decades, they have not necessarily lost their political clout. The Unions and the Democrats illuminates the inner dynamics of labor's relationship to the American political system over the past generation. It examines organized labor from the Johnson administration through the first half of the Clinton administration, showing that labor's alliance with the Democratic Party has endured despite changes in the economy and the revival of conservatism.

Drawing on extensive interviews with union leaders and lobbyists, Taylor E. Dark provides a historical perspective often lacking in studies of union political ... Read more

The book explores such topics as the effects of political reform on union power, the development of union legislative goals, and the impact of unions on economic policymaking, and also evaluates the controversy over union campaign spending in the 1996 elections. It demonstrates that labor's evolving alliance with the Democrats continues to shape America.

For Taylor Dark's update on unions and democrats, please visit his website at http://members.aol.com/oscuro/index.html

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ILR Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
ILR Press Books
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801487330
SKU
V9780801487330
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About Taylor E. Dark
Taylor E. Dark was formerly Associate Dean of the Graduate School of American Studies at Doshisha University in Japan.

Reviews for The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance
A valuably argumentative and well-written analysis.
Stephen Amberg
American Political Science Review
It is a wonderful book, not the least because it traverses ground that has so rarely been covered.... Dark's book is not merely descriptive. His analytical framework draws on the exchange metaphor, in which the leadership structure of organized labor and of the political system ... Read more

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