The politics of identity : solidarity building among America's working poor / / Erin E. O'Brien

• Autore: O'Brien Erin E
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/620973
• Soggetto topico: Working poor - United States; Group identity - Political aspects - United States; Solidarity - Political aspects - United States; Political planning - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-262) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY -- Contents -- Tables and Figure -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. Identity and Solidarity:Existing Patterns and New Possibilities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identity among the Working Poor: Possibilities in Familiar Patterns -- PART II. Coalitional Worker Solidarity:Connecting as Members of Distinct Demographic Groups -- 3. "They're a Lot Like Us: "Understanding Coalitional Solidarity, Developing It,and the Role of Associational Identity Politics -- 4. "Hey, It's Not My Fault": Barriers to Coalitional Solidarity and the Non-Role of Associational Identity Politics -- PART III. Collective Solidarity:The Working Poor Connecting along a Shared Identity -- 5. "I Got Workers' Backs"Uncovering Collective Worker Solidarity, Developing It, and the Role of Associational Identity Politics -- 6. "Being a Worker Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me": The How and Why of Rejecting Collective Worker Solidarity -- PART IV. Implications for Policy Change and Activism -- Introduction to Part IV: "It's Time for Us to Really Do Something":Key Points for Moving Everyday Feelings Surrounding Solidarity into Policy Change and Activism -- 7. "It Could Get Political": Everyday Uses of Collective Solidarity andIdentity Politics for Policy Change and Activism -- 8. "I Would Go toward the Goal They're Trying to Reach": Everyday Uses of Coalitional Solidarity andIdentity Politics for Policy Change and Activism -- 9. Conclusion -- APPENDIX A: Glossary of Key Terms -- APPENDIX B: Sample's Demographic Characteristics -- APPENDIX C: Interview Schedule -- APPENDIX D: Research Design and Methodology -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Makes the surprising claim that identity politics can facilitate rather than undermine worker solidarity.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of identity
• ISBN: 9780791478080; 0791478084; 9781435660175; 143566017X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953183203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in public policy.