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David Brian Robertson - Capital, Labor, and State, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

Capital, Labor, and State

The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal

Av David Brian Robertson

1979 kr

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Capital, Labor, and State is a systematic and thorough examination of American labor policy from the Civil War to the New Deal. David Brian Robertson skillfully demonstrates that although most industrializing nations began to limit employer freedom and regulate labor conditions in the 1900s, the United States continued to allow total employer discretion in decisions concerning hiring, firing, and workplace conditions. Robertson argues that the American constitution made it much more difficult for the American Federation of Labor, government, and business to cooperate for mutual gain as extensively as their counterparts abroad, so that even at the height of New Deal, American labor market policy remained a patchwork of limited protections, uneven laws, and poor enforcement, lacking basic national standards even for child labor.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2000-10-16
  • Mått: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 531 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN: 9780847697281
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David Brian Robertson is associate professor of political science at University of Missouri, St. Louis.

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Robertson's systematic approach, which brings together the full range of labor market programs, adds an unusual an interesting dimension to the study. The constant comparison with British, European, and even Australasian labor market experiences is extremely enlightening. The emphasis on the influence of America's political institutions in shaping its exceptional labor market regime should remind social historians of the importance of that broad institutional/political context. This significant study offers a clearly written and provocative interpretation of American labor market history, and it deserves a wide audience.

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