The paradox of American unionism : why Americans like unions more than Canadians do, but join much less /
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| Author / Creator: | Lipset, Seymour Martin. |
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| Imprint: | Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2004. |
| Description: | xii, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5171562 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. Paradoxes, Anomalies, and Hypotheses
- 2.. Union Density in a Cross-National Context
- 3.. The Evolution of Trade Unions in the United States and Canada: The Emergence of the Gap in Union Density
- 4.. Social Democratic Canada versus Free Market United States?
- 5.. Attitudes and Values: An Inverted Relationship
- 6.. Frustrated Demand: More Americans Want to Join Unions
- 7.. The Contribution of States and Provinces to the Cross-Border Unionization Gap
- 8.. Unions among Professionals and Other White-Collar Workers in the United States
- 9.. Unions among Professionals and Other White-Collar Workers in Canada
- 10.. Estimates of Nonunion Employee Representation: How Different Are the Two Countries?
- 11.. The Legacy of Differing Cultural and Political Histories on Unionization
- Appendix A. Union Membership and Union Density Estimates: Methodology and Comparability
- Appendix B. Transcript of Survey on Attitudes toward Work
- Notes
- References
- Index
