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The paradox of American unionism : why Americans like unions more than Canadians do, but join much less / Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz with Rafael Gómez and Ivan Katchanovski ; foreword by Thomas A. Kochan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Ithaca; London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2004.Description: xii, 226 p. : ill., map., forms. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801442001
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.880973
LOC classification:
  • HD 6508 L767p 2004
Online resources:
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 legacy of differing cultural and political histories on unionization -- Appendix I. Union membership and union density estimates: methodology and comparability -- Appendix II. Transcript of survey on attitudes toward work.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 6508 L767p 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000116549

Includes bibliographical references: ( p.[ 211]- 220) and index.

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 legacy of differing cultural and political histories on unionization -- Appendix I. Union membership and union density estimates: methodology and comparability -- Appendix II. Transcript of survey on attitudes toward work.

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