E Paul Durrenberger, Suzan Erem

Class Acts

An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union

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Produktbeschreibung

U.S. labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key players in the trenches of a national effort to bring back the U.S. labor movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781594510823
• ISBN-10: 1594510822
• Artikelnr.: 22218504

Autorenporträt

Durrenberger, E. Paul; Erem, Suzan

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I The Science: What We Learned
Chapter 1 Taking It on the Road
Chapter 2 What a Union Looks Like
Chapter 3 Being a Union Rep
Chapter 4 The Anthropology of It
Chapter 5 Disasters
Chapter 6 Ritual
Chapter 7 Getting a Raise
Chapter 8 The Boss Over a Barrel
Chapter 9 That'll Teach You
Chapter 10 What Does Change People's Minds?
Part II The Stories: What We Went Through to Learn It
Chapter 11 Sifting through the Remains
Chapter 12 Translating Anthropology
Chapter 13 Riding with Tiny
Chapter 14 A Day in the Life
Chapter 15 We Smell a Rat
Chapter 16 The Study Explodes
Chapter 17 Report To The Local
Chapter 18 The Aftermath
Chapter 19 An Old Song
epi Epilogue