Rust Belt Union Blues

Auteur
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.

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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.

Contenu
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