{"product_id":"capitalist-collective-action-competition-cooperation-and-conflict-in-the-coal-industry-hardback-9780521362658","title":"Capitalist Collective Action; Competition, Cooperation and Conflict in the Coal Industry (Hardback) 9780521362658","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCapitalist Collective Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCompetition, Cooperation and Conflict in the Coal Industry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1989 volume presents a theory of capitalist collective action and a case study of the pre-World War II American coal industry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn R. Bowman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521362658, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'John Bowman's Capitalist Collective Action is an extraordinary piece of work that is sure to become the centerpiece in the ongoing discussion of the politics of industrial states. The distinguishing feature of the book is Bowman's hard-nosed and articulate theoretical approach to a major empirical problem.' Russell Hardin, University of Chicago\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1989 volume presents a theory of capitalist collective action and a case study of the pre-World War II American coal industry to which the theory is applied. The author examines the irony of capitalist firms that do not want to compete with each other, but often cannot avoid doing so. He then explains under what conditions businesses would be able to organize their competition and identifies the economic and political factors that facilitate or inhibit this organization. The case study not only illustrates the theory, but demonstrates how the competitive relations of capitalist firms are critically important determinants of their political behavior. The author argues that the traditional Marxist concern with conflict between workers and capitalists should be supplemented with a concern for the competitive conflicts among capitalists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: 1. Economic competition and market organization: the logic of capitalist collective action\u003cbr\u003e 2. Forms of capitalist collective action\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 3. Price and wage games in the bituminous coal industry\u003cbr\u003e 4. Workers organize capitalists: collective bargaining and market organization, 1880–1914\u003cbr\u003e 5. The coal industry on the defensive, 1916–22\u003cbr\u003e 6. Labor-capital conflict and the disorganization of the coal market, 1921–8\u003cbr\u003e 7. From free competition to state intervention\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 8. Capitalists, workers, and the state\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005422752024,"sku":"9780521362658","price":92.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521362658i_943c752f-9816-459c-8ad9-2637ca5dd43b.jpg?v=1691375745","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/capitalist-collective-action-competition-cooperation-and-conflict-in-the-coal-industry-hardback-9780521362658","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}