{"product_id":"the-puzzle-of-strikes-class-and-state-strategies-in-postwar-italy-paperback-9780521031233","title":"The Puzzle of Strikes; Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521031233","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Puzzle of Strikes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClass and State Strategies in Postwar Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book focuses on the strategic interaction of workers, employers and the state in postwar Italian strikes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoberto Franzosi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521031233, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e532 pages, 76 b\/w illus.  85 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.81 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\"...this is the best book on cross-temporal patterns in national-level strikes since Shorter and Tilly's excellent work on France, published over two decades ago.  It will resonate well beyond the obvious appeal to those interested generally instrikes or more specifically in postwar Italian political economy.    Larry W. Isaac, Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an attempt to explain the temporal movement of postwar Italian strikes: why and when strikes go up or down and what the strategies of the main actors involved are. In many ways, the book is unique in the social sciences. First, it takes an inductive approach. Rather than start with theories and then use available empirical evidence to test the explanatory power of the theories, the book starts with date. Second, the book is based on a variety of empirical evidence: statistical, historical, ethnographic and survey material. Third, the book considers the strategies of all the actors involved: workers, employers, the state and the radical left. Finally, the book does not simply explain the movement of strikes; more broadly, it attempts to show how strikes, in their turn, deeply affect the economic, institutional and political spheres of society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables, figures and equations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. The puzzle box\u003cbr\u003e 2. Labor-market conditions and bargaining power\u003cbr\u003e 3. When do workers strike? How the economy matters\u003cbr\u003e 4. Organizational resources and collective action\u003cbr\u003e 5. The structure of collective bargaining\u003cbr\u003e 6. Class power, politics and conflict\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mobilization processes: the 1969 autunno caldo\u003cbr\u003e 8. Countermobilization processes: reactions by the state and employers to strike waves\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\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":46006218162456,"sku":"9780521031233","price":38.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521031233i_2c44b0dc-128b-4643-85fe-2cab6cedb496.jpg?v=1694964966","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-puzzle-of-strikes-class-and-state-strategies-in-postwar-italy-paperback-9780521031233","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}