Industrial Democracy in America - The Ambiguous Promise

A close examination of what came to be known among collars of any colour as 'the labour problem' with the railroad strikes of the 1870s.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Michael J. Lacey; 1. Introduction; 2. Industrial democracy or democracy in industry?; 3. Industrial democracy and liberal capitalism, 1890-1925; 4. 'An American Feeling'; 5. From Commons to Dunlop; 6. Great expectations; 7. Wartime labor regulation; 8. Workplace contractualism; 9. Pacific ties; 10. Industrial relations mythand shop-floor reality; 11. Epilogue.

Zusammenfassung

A close examination of what came to be known among collars of any colour as 'the labour problem' with the railroad strikes of the 1870s. The contributors cover the theory and practice of the American labour movement, the promise and demise of industrial jurisprudence, the law of collective bargaining, workplace contractualism, and shop-floor reality in the United States auto industry.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Lee H. Hamilton (Herausgeber), Howell John Harris (Herausgeber), Nelson Lichtenstein (Herausgeber), Lichtenstein Nelson (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.02.1993
• EAN: 9780521431217
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43121-7
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 666 g
• Serien: Distinguished Dissertations in; Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Employee-ownership and co-operatives, Employee-Ownership & Co-Operatives