Newman / Skocpol Rust Belt Union Blues

Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55764-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol provide timely insight into the relationship between the decline of unions and the shift of working-class voters away from Democrats.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newman, Lainey

Skocpol, Theda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
1. Understanding Social and Political Change in the Rust Belt
2. The Social Underpinnings of the “Union Man”
3. The Economic Breakdown of Big Labor from Without and Within
4. Union Membership Transformed
5. From Union Blue to Trump Red
6. On Union Decline and the Potential for Resurgence
Appendix A. Voting Patterns in Western Pennsylvania
Appendix B. Sample Interview Questions
Appendix C. Photographs in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Appendix D. Local Union Mentions in IBEW and USW Newsletters
Notes
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lainey Newman is a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. She is a graduate of Harvard College and a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her many books include The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism (with Vanessa Williamson); Upending American Politics (coedited with Caroline Tervo); and Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life.