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The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy

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We are currently witnessing some of the greatest challenges to democratic regimes since the 1930s, with democratic institutions losing ground in numerous countries throughout the world.

At the same time organized labor has been under assault worldwide, with steep declines in union density rates.

In this timely handbook, scholars in law, political science, history, and sociology explore the role of organized labor and the working class in the historical construction of democracy.

They analyze recent patterns of democratic erosion, examining its relationship to the political weakening of organized labor and, in several cases, the political alliances forged by workers in contexts of nationalist or populist political mobilization.

The volume breaks new ground in providing cross-regional perspectives on labor and democracy in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Beyond academia, this volume is essential reading for policymakers and practitioners concerned with the relationship between labor and democracy.

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Product Details
Cambridge University Press
1009374702 / 9781009374705
Paperback / softback
344.01
11/05/2023
United Kingdom
English
383 pages.
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