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Unions, Immigration, And Internationalization: New Challenges and Changing Coalitions in the United States and France
Leah Haus
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Description for Unions, Immigration, And Internationalization: New Challenges and Changing Coalitions in the United States and France
Hardcover. Through the growth of internationalization and a growing acceptance of immigration rights, union leaders now support more open immigration policies than those once adopted in the first part of the 20th century. This is a research into those changes from the beginning to the end of the century. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Labor unions in France and the U.S. opposed certain restrictionist immigration policy measures in the late twentieth century, whereas they had pressured for restrictionism in the early twentieth century. Leah Haus asks why unions changed coalitions. Haus argues that one needs to focus on the challenges of internationalization to explain this change. Many union leaders consider economic internationalization and/or the internationalization of human rights as undermining the effectiveness and/or desirability of certain restrictionist measures. At the same time, many union leaders see support for certain non-restrictionist measures as a way to facilitate organizing immigrants, which is an alternative strategy for ... Read more
Labor unions in France and the U.S. opposed certain restrictionist immigration policy measures in the late twentieth century, whereas they had pressured for restrictionism in the early twentieth century. Leah Haus asks why unions changed coalitions. Haus argues that one needs to focus on the challenges of internationalization to explain this change. Many union leaders consider economic internationalization and/or the internationalization of human rights as undermining the effectiveness and/or desirability of certain restrictionist measures. At the same time, many union leaders see support for certain non-restrictionist measures as a way to facilitate organizing immigrants, which is an alternative strategy for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312294946
SKU
V9780312294946
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About Leah Haus
LEAH HAUS is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Vassar College. Her research interests are in international political economy and European politics. Dr. Haus has received a variety of fellowships, and is the author of Globalizing the Gatt: The Soviet Union's Successor States, Eastern Europe, and the International Trading System.
Reviews for Unions, Immigration, And Internationalization: New Challenges and Changing Coalitions in the United States and France
'This work will appeal to specialists on immigration and union history because unions' changing positions are very clearly documented...' - R.M. Whaples, Choice