Pure and Simple Politics

Name: Pure and Simple Politics
SKU: 9780521028806
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Author: Julie Greene
ISBN: 9780521028806

The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

AvJulie Greene

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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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Utgivningsdatum2006-11-02
Mått158 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt446 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521028806

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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Pure and Simple Politics: 1. Building the federation; 2. The revolt against party slavery; 3. Labor's new century; Part II. The Strike at the Ballot Box: 4. A popular uprising of honest men; 5. Delivering the labor vote; 6. Party politics and workers' discontent; Part III. The Retreat from Popular Politics: 7. Quiet campaigns; 8. The making of labor's democracy; Conclusion; Index.

"Pure and Simple Politics is quite simply the definitive study of AFL politics in the Gompers era. Greene's subtle and compelling narrative portrays a labor politics never completely shorn of its anti-party roots, a beleaguered federation forced to disguise its partisan political influence, and an official political ideology that remains persistently anti-statist, even as its constituency and its adopted Democratic party embrace the progressive state. This work signals new and serious attention by historians to the national political presence of organized labor in the Progressive era." Shelton Stromquist, University of Iowa

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