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Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
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Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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Why are unions weaker in the US than in Canada, two otherwise
similar countries? This difference has shaped politics, policy, and
levels of inequality. Conventional wisdom points to differences in
political cultures, party systems, and labor laws. But Barry
Eidlin's systematic analysis of archival and statistical data shows
the limits of conventional wisdom, and presents a novel explanation
for the cross-border difference. He shows that it resulted from
different ruling party responses to worker upsurge during the Great
Depression and World War II. Paradoxically, US labor's long-term
decline resulted from what was initially a more pro-labor ruling
party response, while Canadian labor's relative long-term strength
resulted from a more hostile ruling party response. These struggles
embedded 'the class idea' more deeply in policies, institutions,
and practices than in the US. In an age of growing economic
inequality and broken systems of political representation, Eidlin's
analysis offers insight for those seeking to understand these
trends, as well as those seeking to change them.
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