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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... focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for Amer- ican trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly con- tested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected ...
... focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for Amer- ican trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly con- tested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy that many rank-and-file workers rejected ...
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... focusing on politics include Nick Salvatore, Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982); David Montgomery, Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862–1872 (New York: Alfred Knopf ...
... focusing on politics include Nick Salvatore, Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982); David Montgomery, Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862–1872 (New York: Alfred Knopf ...
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... focused on radical- ism, but on more moderate and widespread political approaches.19 Such work 16 Philip Taft, Labor Politics American Style: The California State Federation of Labor (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 4–7. 17 ...
... focused on radical- ism, but on more moderate and widespread political approaches.19 Such work 16 Philip Taft, Labor Politics American Style: The California State Federation of Labor (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 4–7. 17 ...
Side 9
... focusing on the major parties and the ways that turn-of-the-century partisan culture shaped the political environment in which the AFL operated. It differs in seeing the evolution of American labor politics as caused by many factors ...
... focusing on the major parties and the ways that turn-of-the-century partisan culture shaped the political environment in which the AFL operated. It differs in seeing the evolution of American labor politics as caused by many factors ...
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... focuses on the relationships between state and society. How and when do soci- ety and state interpenetrate each other? How does their relationship change over time? How do social groups articulate demands and pressure the state to ...
... focuses on the relationships between state and society. How and when do soci- ety and state interpenetrate each other? How does their relationship change over time? How do social groups articulate demands and pressure the state to ...
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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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