A Democracy That Works - How Working-Class Power Defines Liberal Democracy in the United States (Hardcover)

A Democracy That Works argues that rather than corporate donations, Republican gerrymandering and media manipulation, the conservative ascendancy reflects the reconstruction of the rules that govern work that has disempowered workers. Using six historical case studies from the emergence of the New Deal, and its later overtaking by the conservative neoliberal agenda, to today's intersectional social justice movements, Stephen Amberg deploys situated institutional analysis to show how real actors created the rules that empowered liberal democracy for 50 years and then how Democrats and Republicans undermined democracy by changing those rules, thereby organizing working-class people out of American politics. He draws on multidisciplinary studies to argue that when employees are organized to participate at work, they are also organized to participate in politics to press for accountable government. In doing so, the book opens up analytical space to understand the unprecedented threat to liberal democracy in the U.S. A Democracy That Works is a fresh account of the crisis of democracy that illuminates how historical choices about the role of workers in the polity shaped America's liberal democracy during the 20th century. It will appeal to scholars of American politics and American political development, labor and social movements, democracy and comparative politics.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Stephen Amberg
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	370
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-233204-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-03-233204-2
Barcode:	9781032332048

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