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UNINA9910793947203321 |
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Labor in the time of Trump / / Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich, Dan Clawson, Jasmine Kerrissey, Eve Weinbaum |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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ISBN |
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1-5017-4660-X |
1-5017-4661-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource.) |
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Collana |
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Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor movement - United States - History - 21st century |
Labor unions - Political activity - United States - History - 21st century |
Working class - United States - History - 21st century |
United States Politics and government 2017-2021 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Also issued in print: 2020. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Koch Network’s Long Game and Its Implications for Progressive Organizing -- 2. Right-Wing Populism, the Corporate Attack on Working Americans, and the Labor Movement’s Response -- 3. Trump, Right-Wing Populism, and the Future of Organized Labo -- 4. Walker’s Wisconsin and the Future of the United States -- 5. Whose Class Is It Anyway? The “White Working Class” and the Myth of Trump -- 6. Privatization—Chipping Away at Government -- 7. Building a Pro-Worker, Pro-Union Climate Movement -- 8. From Co-optation to Radical Resistance: An Examination of Organized Labor’s Response(s) to Immigrant Rights in the Era of Trump -- 9. Trumpism, Policing, and the Problem of Surplus Population -- 10. Going South: How Southern Organizing Will Determine the Future of the Labor Movement -- 11. Between Home and State: Care Workers and Labor Strategy for the New Open-Shop Era of Trumplandia -- 12. Fighting and Defeating the Charter School Agenda -- Acknowledgments -- Biographies -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Labor in the Time of Trump critically analyzes the right-wing attack on workers and unions and offers strategies to build a working–class |
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movement.While President Trump's election in 2016 may have been a wakeup call for labor and the Left, the underlying processes behind this shift to the right have been building for at least forty years. The contributors show that only by analyzing the vulnerabilities in the right-wing strategy can the labor movement develop an effective response.Essays in the volume examine the conservative upsurge, explore key challenges the labor movement faces today, and draw lessons from recent activist successes. |
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