Title Why is there no labor party in the United States? / Robin Archer

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 348 pages) : illustrations, map Series Princeton studies in American politics Princeton studies in American politics. Contents Introduction -- Workers -- Race -- Elections and the Constitution -- The courts -- Repression -- Liberalism -- Religion -- Socialism -- Conclusion Summary "Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party - an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about "American exceptionalism" is untenable." "Conventional explanations rely on comparison with Europe, Archer challenges these explanations by comparing the United States with its most similar New World counterpart - Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United States and Australia share many fundamental historical, political, and social characteristics, but also because Australian unions established a labor party in the late nineteenth century, just when American unions, against a common backdrop of industrial defeat and depression, came closest to doing something similar." "Archer examines each of the factors that could help explain the American outcome, and his systematic comparison yields unexpected conclusions. He argues that prosperity, democracy, liberalism, and racial hostility often promoted the very changes they are said to have obstructed. And he shows that it was not these characteristics that left the United States without a labor party, but, rather, the powerful impact of repression, religion, and political sectarianism."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-336) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History Labor unions -- Political activity -- Australia -- History Political sociology POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Comparative Politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Comparative Politics. Labor unions -- Political activity Political sociology Politisches Handeln Arbeiterpartei Gewerkschaft Politisches Handeln Arbeiterpartei Gewerkschaft Arbeiders. Politieke activiteit. Vakverenigingen. Links (politiek) Socialisme. Arbeiders. Politieke activiteit. Vakverenigingen. Links (politiek) Socialisme. Gewerkschaft. Politisches Handeln. Politische Soziologie. Gewerkschaft. Politisches Handeln. Politische Soziologie. Australia United States Australien USA Australien Verenigde Staten. Australië Verenigde Staten. Australië USA. Australien. USA. Australien. USA. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007020626 ISBN 9781400837540 1400837545 1282964704 9781282964709 9786612964701 6612964707

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