Reviews
A thoughtfully constructed history and analysis that illuminates current efforts regarding health care reform and other goals of American liberalism.
Roof suggests a new reason for labor's failures in the political realm: it is more structural than circumstantial.
Roof succeeds at taking complicated issues and making them understandable. This meticulously researched book may well be the final word on what has prevented the labor movement from making greater strides in winning prolabor and progressive policies at the national level.
Book Details
Preface
Introduction
1. The Rise of Organized Labor and the Conservative Coalition
2. Labor, the Conservative Coalition, and the Welfare State
3. Possibilities and Limits in the Great Society
4. Changing
Preface
Introduction
1. The Rise of Organized Labor and the Conservative Coalition
2. Labor, the Conservative Coalition, and the Welfare State
3. Possibilities and Limits in the Great Society
4. Changing the Rules of the Game
5. Postreform Stalemate on Labor's Agenda
6. The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index