| Description |
xii, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Paradoxes, anomalies and hypotheses -- Union density in a cross-national context -- The evolution of trade unions in the United States and Canada: the emergence of "the gap" in union density -- Social democratic Canada/free market United States -- Attitudes and values: an inverted relationship -- Frustrated demand: more Americans want to join unions -- The contribution of states and provinces to the unionization gap -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in the United States -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in Canada -- Estimates of non-union employee representation: how different are the two countries? -- The effects of differing cultural and political legacies on unionization -- Appendix I. Union membership and union density estimates: methodology and comparability -- Appendix II. summary of the survey methodology. |
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Labor union members -- United States.
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Labor union members. |
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United States. |
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Labor unions -- United States.
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Labor unions. |
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Labor union members -- Canada.
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Canada. |
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Labor unions -- Canada.
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| Added Author |
Meltz, Noah M.
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| ISBN |
0801442001 cloth alkaline paper |
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