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Cover American Labor Unions in the Electoral title: Arena Social Movements, Interest Organizations and the Political Process author: Asher, Herbert B. publisher: Rowman & Littlefield isbn10 | asin: 0847688658 print isbn13: 9780847688654 ebook isbn13: 9780585381770 language: English Labor unions--United States--Political activity--History, Presidents--United States- subject -Election--History, Elections--United States- -History, Politics, Practical--United States-- History. publication date: 2001 lcc: HD6510.A46 2001eb ddc: 322/.2/0973 Labor unions--United States--Political activity--History, Presidents--United States- subject: -Election--History, Elections--United States- -History, Politics, Practical--United States-- History. Page i AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS IN THE ELECTORAL ARENA Page ii People, Passions, and Power Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the Political Process Series Editor: John C. Green This series explores the people, activities, and institutions that animate the political process. The series emphasizes recent changes in that process—new actors, new movements, new strategies, new successes (or failures) to enter the political mainstream or influence everyday politics—and places these changes in context with the past and the future. Books in the series combine high-quality scholarship with accessibility so that they may be used as core or supplementary texts in upper division political science, sociology, and communication studies courses. The series is consciously interdisciplinary and encourages cross-discipline collaboration and research. Titles in the Series After the Boom: The Politics of Generation X,edited by Stephen C. Craig and Stephen Earl Bennett Multiparty Politics in America, edited by Paul S. Herrnson and John C.Green The Social Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century, edited by David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow Social Movements and American Political Institutions, edited by Anne N. Costain and Andrew S. McFarland Cyberpolitics: Citizen Activism in the Age of the Internet, by Kevin A. Hill and John E. Hughes The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, Third Edition,edited by John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea Citizen Democracy: Political Activists in a Cynical Age, by Stephen E. Frantzich Waves of Protest: Social Movements Since the Sixties,edited by Jo Freeman and Victoria Johnson Gaia's Wager: Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability, by Gary C. Bryner American Labor Unions in the Electoral Arena, Herbert B. Asher, Eric S. Heberlig, Randall B. Ripley, and Karen Snyder Forthcoming The Art and Craft of Lobbying: Political Engagement in American Politics, by Ronald G. Shaiko Leftist Movements in the United States, edited by John C. Berg Page iii AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS IN THE ELECTORAL ARENA HERBERT B. ASHERERIC S. HEBERLIGRANDALL B. RIPLEYKAREN SNYDER ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Oxford Page iv ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England Copyright © 2001 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Cataloging in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data American labor unions in the electoral arena / Herbert B. Asher . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8476-8865-8 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8476-8866-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Labor unions—United States—Political activity—History. 2. Presidents— United States—Election—History. 3. Elections—United States—History. 4. Politics, Practical—United States—History. I. Asher, Herbert B. HD6510 .A46 2001 322'.2'0973—dc21 00-051762 Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z.39.48-1992. Page v Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Preface xi 1 American Labor Unions and Politics: An Introduction 1 2 The Changing Face of Labor Unions 23 3 Members' Attitudes toward Unions and Politics 47 4 Traditional Political Strategy 65 5 Political Strategy in the Sweeney Era 89 6 Union Political Activists 107 7 Election Day Outcomes 133 8 Challenges and Opportunities for Organized Labor 155 Appendix A: Research Design 177 Appendix B: The Ohio Union Surveys 179 Appendix C: Variable Measurements: Ohio Union Surveys 181 References 187 Index 197 About the Authors 207
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