Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881–1917Cambridge University Press, 28. juni 1998 Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based upon extensive research into labor and political party records, this study demonstrates that, despite the common belief, the AFL devoted great attention to political activity. The organization's main strategy, however, which Julie Greene terms 'pure and simple politics', dictated that trade unionists alone should shape American labor politics. Exploring the period from 1881 to 1917, Pure and Simple Politics focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy which many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve political efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control, as party politicians and other individuals began seeking to influence labor's political strategy and tactics. |
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... approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve ...
... approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve ...
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... approaches with me: My thanks to John Agnew, Nancy Cott, and especially to Terrence McDonald. In my earliest days as a student of history, I learned to appreciate the discipline from three historians who do not specialize on the United ...
... approaches with me: My thanks to John Agnew, Nancy Cott, and especially to Terrence McDonald. In my earliest days as a student of history, I learned to appreciate the discipline from three historians who do not specialize on the United ...
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... approach to political action. Rather than creating an independent party of American workers, akin to the British Labour Party or the German Social Democratic Party, AFL members and leaders struggled to find another route to political ...
... approach to political action. Rather than creating an independent party of American workers, akin to the British Labour Party or the German Social Democratic Party, AFL members and leaders struggled to find another route to political ...
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... approach to electoral politics, its relationship to the party system, and its strategies of mobilization. Two key arenas will require a close focus: the relationships within the AFL, in which members and leaders debated political ...
... approach to electoral politics, its relationship to the party system, and its strategies of mobilization. Two key arenas will require a close focus: the relationships within the AFL, in which members and leaders debated political ...
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... approach to political activity. Formally, AFL policy was strictly nonpartisan; in practice, it involved a close but contingent partnership with the Democratic Party that hinged on the party's responsiveness. Thirdly, as scholars before ...
... approach to political activity. Formally, AFL policy was strictly nonpartisan; in practice, it involved a close but contingent partnership with the Democratic Party that hinged on the party's responsiveness. Thirdly, as scholars before ...
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PART TWO The Strike at the Ballot Box | 105 |
PART THREE The Retreat from Popular Politics | 215 |
Index | 287 |
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