Ideology and the Rise of Labor Theory in America

?DeBrizzi argues that the immense influence of [the John Commons-Wisconsin school theory, a live and let live' attitude, rather than class struggle] is better explained by its fit with the ideology of the reform-oriented entrepreneurs so admired by Commons than by its fit with the facts. DeBrizzi examines the earlier theories of Richard Ely and Henry Carter Adams (also reform-oriented antisocialist), the historical phenomena these theories were trying to explain, and the process of institutionalization that established the Commons-Wisconsin theory as hegemonic. ... The presentation is lively and the argument intriguing. Recommended for all public, college, and university libraries.?-Choice

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• Authors: John De Brizzi, John a. Debrizzi
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.1983
• EAN: 9780313236143
• ISBN: 978-0-313-23614-3
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions, Politics, Law, and Government