{"product_id":"unions-and-communities-under-siege-american-communities-and-the-crisis-of-organized-labor-paperback-9780521025836","title":"Unions and Communities under Siege; American Communities and the Crisis of Organized Labor (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521025836","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnions and Communities under Siege\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerican Communities and the Crisis of Organized Labor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book demonstrates the significance of the intersection between communities, unions, and institutions, in understanding the prospects for American unionism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGordon L. Clark (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521025836, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.488 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe essential argument of this book is that the current crisis of US unions ought to be considered in terms of the local context of labor-management relations; that is, the communities in which men and women live and work. Whether by design or necessity, the structure of New Deal national labor legislation has sustained, and maintained, distinctive local labor-management practices. As the economies of American communities (and the world) have become highly interdependent, reflecting the evolution of corporate structure and trade between economies, unions movement can be traced to unions' dependence upon inter-community solidarity, a fragile democratic ideal which is often overwhelmed by economic imperatives operating at higher scales in other places.  An important objective of Professor Clark in this work is to demonstrate the significance of the intersection between communities, unions, and institutions, in understanding the prospects for American unionism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Economy and Community: 1. Crisis of organized labor\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding union growth and decline\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Drama of Economic Restructuring: 3. Communities and corporate location strategies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rationing jobs within the union, between communities\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Union Performance in Representation Elections: 5. Democracy in the guise of representation elections\u003cbr\u003e 6. Organizing strategies in the heartland and the South\u003cbr\u003e 7. At the margin of the rules of the game\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Regulating Local Labor-Management Relations: 8. Integrity of the National Labor Relations Board\u003cbr\u003e 9. Options for restructuring the US economy\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Prospects For Organized Labor: 10. Republicans, democrats, and the southern veto\u003cbr\u003e 11. Employment contracts without unions\u003cbr\u003e 12. Unions and communities unarmed\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20geography%20%5BRGC%5D%22\"\u003eRGC\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":46006174548248,"sku":"9780521025836","price":34.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521025836i_4c431a53-1876-40f6-b700-afe89e8baf27.jpg?v=1694964660","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unions-and-communities-under-siege-american-communities-and-the-crisis-of-organized-labor-paperback-9780521025836","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}