Capital, Labor, and State

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

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2000-08-16
Mått155 x 233 x 19 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847697298

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Chapter 1 The Battle Between Capital and Labor in AmericaChapter 2 American Labor Market Policy, Strategy, and Political InstitutionsChapter 3 Labor and Regulation, 1865-1900Chapter 4 The AFL Confronts EmployersChapter 5 Employer's CounterattackChapter 6 The AFL's Strategic Retreat and Its ConsequencesChapter 7 Limitations of Labor Market RegulationChapter 8 Confining Trade Union PowersChapter 9 Marginalizing Labor Market ManagementChapter 10 Circumscribing Work InsuranceChapter 11 The American Model of Labor Market Policy

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.