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Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Daniel Disalvo
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Description for Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Hardcover. Daniel DiSalvo contends that the power of public sector unions is too often inimical to the public interest. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KNV; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and retirement ages that are moving further and further out onto the horizon, unionized gym teachers and lifeguards employed by the public sector retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. Some even supplement this generous income by taking other jobs in their "retirement." Attempts to rein in the unions, as in Wisconsin and New Jersey, have met with massive resistance. Yet as Daniel DiSalvo argues in Government against Itself, public sector unions threaten the integrity of our very democracy. ... Read more
As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and retirement ages that are moving further and further out onto the horizon, unionized gym teachers and lifeguards employed by the public sector retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. Some even supplement this generous income by taking other jobs in their "retirement." Attempts to rein in the unions, as in Wisconsin and New Jersey, have met with massive resistance. Yet as Daniel DiSalvo argues in Government against Itself, public sector unions threaten the integrity of our very democracy. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199990740
SKU
V9780199990740
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99-24
About Daniel Disalvo
Daniel DiSalvo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York-CUNY and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership. He has written on American political parties, elections, labor unions, state government, and public policy for both scholarly and popular publications, including National Affairs, The Public Interest, City Journal, The Weekly ... Read more
Reviews for Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Although many arguments will be familiar to some, DiSalvo produces fresh, engaging, provocative arguments that scholars, policy makers, and the public should consider and debate.
R. L. Welch, West Texas A&M University, CHOICE
Readers of any political persuasion should be sobered by his observation that democratic government's inevitable fate seems to be 'spending more, getting less.'
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R. L. Welch, West Texas A&M University, CHOICE
Readers of any political persuasion should be sobered by his observation that democratic government's inevitable fate seems to be 'spending more, getting less.'
Publishers ... Read more