Class Acts - An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union

Informationen zum Autor Durrenberger, E. Paul; Erem, Suzan Klappentext U.S. labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key players in the trenches of a national effort to bring back the U.S. labor movement. Zusammenfassung A humorous insight into the day to day process of trade union activism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I The Science: What We Learned; Chapter 1 Taking It on the Road; Chapter 2 What a Union Looks Like; Chapter 3 Being a Union Rep; Chapter 4 The Anthropology of It; Chapter 5 Disasters; Chapter 6 Ritual; Chapter 7 Getting a Raise; Chapter 8 The Boss Over a Barrel; Chapter 9 That’ll Teach You; Chapter 10 What Does Change People’s Minds?; Part II The Stories: What We Went Through to Learn It; Chapter 11 Sifting through the Remains; Chapter 12 Translating Anthropology; Chapter 13 Riding with Tiny; Chapter 14 A Day in the Life; Chapter 15 We Smell a Rat; Chapter 16 The Study Explodes; Chapter 17 Report To The Local; Chapter 18 The Aftermath; Chapter 19 An Old Song; epi Epilogue;

Product details

• Authors: E. Paul Durrenberger, E. Paul Erem Durrenberger, Suzan Erem, Erem Suzan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2005
• EAN: 9781594510823
• ISBN: 978-1-59451-082-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions