Class Acts - An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union (Paperback)

U.S. labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key players in the trenches of a national effort to bring back the U.S. labor movement.Brutally honest, funny, and never dull, this anthropological ethnography shows the daily struggles of union members today to bring about positive change and hold together their urban labor union in an era of globalization, outsourcing, and deindustrialization.The authors, a union activist and an anthropologist respectively, pair up to offer insider views of labor unions "and" of how anthropological fieldwork is done. Explaining, coaching, and warning Paul of hazards, Suzan, the communications director for the local union, provides inside views and details of day-to-day interactions. Paul, the anthropologist, provides outside analytical views that relate Suzan's experiences and his own observations to the wider view anthropology offers through the lenses of ethnography, holism, and comparativism. The result is a story of one dynamic union local, one anthropological study, and the lit fuse that connects them until the end.

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	E. Paul Durrenberger • Suzan Erem
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-59451-083-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Promotions
LSN:	1-59451-083-0
Barcode:	9781594510830

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