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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... became a highly con- tested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve polit- ical efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control ...
... became a highly con- tested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve polit- ical efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control ...
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... became its ideological formulation. Mink's argument on the demographic and segmenting impact of immigration is useful, but the interpretation of the relationship between immigration and AFL politics in Pure and Simple Politics will ...
... became its ideological formulation. Mink's argument on the demographic and segmenting impact of immigration is useful, but the interpretation of the relationship between immigration and AFL politics in Pure and Simple Politics will ...
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... became the most effective public instruments for wielding power in nineteenth-century America. Amidst a fervid partisan culture based on rock-solid loyalties, the two parties competed fiercely against one another. The courts, as Forbath ...
... became the most effective public instruments for wielding power in nineteenth-century America. Amidst a fervid partisan culture based on rock-solid loyalties, the two parties competed fiercely against one another. The courts, as Forbath ...
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... , yet the consequences proved surprising . To the chagrin of AFL leaders , they became an object of criticism and their institution , a center of disaffection . Defeated in most of their goals in 1908 , Federation INTRODUCTION 15.
... , yet the consequences proved surprising . To the chagrin of AFL leaders , they became an object of criticism and their institution , a center of disaffection . Defeated in most of their goals in 1908 , Federation INTRODUCTION 15.
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... became a dominant issue . Part Three examines the AFL's political goals and strategies amidst these changing circumstances . Chapter Seven explores the AFL's re- evaluation of political strategy that followed on its 1908 defeat , as ...
... became a dominant issue . Part Three examines the AFL's political goals and strategies amidst these changing circumstances . Chapter Seven explores the AFL's re- evaluation of political strategy that followed on its 1908 defeat , as ...
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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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