Rust Belt Union Blues - Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away From the Democratic Party

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
1. Understanding Social and Political Change in the Rust Belt
2. The Social Underpinnings of the “Union Man”
3. The Economic Breakdown of Big Labor from Without and Within
4. Union Membership Transformed
5. From Union Blue to Trump Red
6. On Union Decline and the Potential for Resurgence
Appendix A. Voting Patterns in Western Pennsylvania
Appendix B. Sample Interview Questions
Appendix C. Photographs in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Appendix D. Local Union Mentions in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Notes
Glossary
Index

About the author

Lainey Newman is a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. She is a graduate of Harvard College and a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her many books include The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism (with Vanessa Williamson); Upending American Politics (coedited with Caroline Tervo); and Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life.

Summary

Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol provide timely insight into the relationship between the decline of unions and the shift of working-class voters away from Democrats.

Product details

• Authors: Lainey Newman, Lainey Skocpol Newman, Theda Skocpol, Skocpol Theda
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2023
• EAN: 9780231208826
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20882-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Political Parties, Political Ideologies, Pennsylvania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Industrial relations, health & safety, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Political ideologies and movements, Political parties and party platforms, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Elections and referenda / suffrage, political process; labor