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Fragile Alliances - Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,909
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Fragile Alliances - Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955 (Hardcover): Samuel W White

Fragile Alliances - Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955 (Hardcover)

Samuel W White

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How did the alliance between labor and the Democratic Party develop after the First World War? What role does Evansville play in an examination of this alliance? What was the impact of the alliance on U.S politics and society? These are some of the questions that Samuel W. White tackles in his book Fragile Alliances: Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955. Focusing on Evansville, Indiana, as a case study, White challenges traditional assumptions in the field, such as the following: labor has one political voice; labor is monolithic in electoral politics; the New Deal successfully reordered American society and politics. White examines the roles played by political repression, opposition by employers, and anticommunist forces within the community as well as the labor movement in undermining the labor-Democratic Party alliance in Evansville. He contends that by the 1950s, the impact of these forces blunted the potential of the labor movement and the Democratic Party to transform the political system by giving workers and their allies a permanent political space in electoral politics. How did the alliance between labor and the Democratic Party develop after the First World War? What role does Evansville play in an examination of this alliance? What was the impact of the alliance on U.S politics and society? These are some of the questions that White tackles in his book Fragile Alliances: Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955. Focusing on Evansville, Indiana, as a case study, White challenges traditional assumptions in the field, such as the following: labor has one political voice; labor is monolithic in electoral politics; the New Deal successfully reordered American society and politics. White examines the roles played by political repression, opposition by employers, and anticommunist forces within the community as well as the labor movement in undermining the labor-Democratic Party alliance in Evansville. He contends that by the 1950s, the impact of these forces blunted the potential of the labor movement and the Democratic Party to transform the political system by giving workers and their allies a permanent political space in electoral politics. Much of the published literature on labor and politics in the U.S. is focused on national events and organizations that make labor appear as a monolith in electoral politics. White diverges from the national focus of the majority of this literature, instead looking at labor and politics at the local level. While much of the published literature argues that the alliance between labor and the Democratic Party in the 1930s was a formidable force that reordered American society and politics, White shows that in Evansville, the alliance was anything but that. Racked by political repression, opposition by employers, and anticommunist forces within the community and the labor movement itself, the alliance was remarkably fragile and incapable of sustaining the momentum it had established in the 1930s.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2005
First published: August 2005
Authors: Samuel W White
Dimensions: 236 x 164 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32157-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > Employment & unemployment
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions
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LSN: 0-313-32157-4
Barcode: 9780313321573

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