Political Economy of Labor Repression in the United States

This book explores the political economy of labor repression and expands the meaning of repression by looking at the relation of politics to economics throughout the course of US history. It explains how and why this relation leads to the repression of labor and considers how it develops over time from the social relation of capital and labor.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: The State and the Economy after the American Revolution
Chapter Two: Inclusion-Exclusion and the Growth of American Capitalism
Chapter Three: The Working Class on the Defensive: Response to Workplace Exclusion
Chapter Four: Political Repression at the Workplace
Chapter Five: Post WWI to the Depression
Chapter Six: The Depression and Labor Repression
Chapter Seven: The Labor Anti-Communism Backlash
Chapter Eight: Capital and Labor during WWII
Chapter Nine: Domestic Cold War Politics and Labor Repression
Chapter Ten: Economic Downturns and Labor Repression from the 1970s
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion: What's Next?
Bibliography

About the author

Andrew Kolin is professor of political science at Hilbert College.

Summary

This book explores the political economy of labor repression and expands the meaning of repression by looking at the relation of politics to economics throughout the course of US history. It explains how and why this relation leads to the repression of labor and considers how it develops over time from the social relation of capital and labor.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Kolin, Kolin Andrew
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781498524049
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2404-9
• No. of pages: 436
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Sociology: work & labour, Central / national / federal government policies, Sociology: work and labour, Central government policies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General