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The Most Powerful Political Force in the Country
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Fred Siegel
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15. Mai 2012
The rising power of public sector unions, long overlooked, came into full view with the bitter clash in Wisconsin. But it has been building since the mid-1990s when government unions took the helm of the AFL-CIO. The ground operations of the public sector unions make them an enormous asset for the Democratic Party. But their insatiable demands create conflicts that are difficult to resolve.
Keywords: unions; public sector
Published Online: 2012-5-15
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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- Special Issue: Labor in American Politics
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- Teachers Unions and American Education Reform: The Politics of Blocking
- The Education Iron Triangle
- Solidarities and Restrictions: Labor and Immigration Policy in the United States
- Public Sector Unions Need the Private Sector or Why the Wisconsin Protests Were Not Labor's Lazarus Moment
- The Return of Judicial Repression: What Has Happened to the Strike?
- "Broken Windows," Vulnerable Workers, and the Future of Worker Representation
- American Unions in Comparative Perspective
- Commentary
- Political Science as a Vocation: An Appreciation of the Life and the Work of James Q. Wilson
- Review
- Weakness and Wisdom: A Review of In My Time and Known and Unknown
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Introduction
- Special Issue: Labor in American Politics
- Article
- A Brief Ascendency: American Labor After 1945
- The Most Powerful Political Force in the Country
- Do Unions Still Matter in U.S. Elections? Assessing Labor's Political Power and Significance
- Teachers Unions and American Education Reform: The Politics of Blocking
- The Education Iron Triangle
- Solidarities and Restrictions: Labor and Immigration Policy in the United States
- Public Sector Unions Need the Private Sector or Why the Wisconsin Protests Were Not Labor's Lazarus Moment
- The Return of Judicial Repression: What Has Happened to the Strike?
- "Broken Windows," Vulnerable Workers, and the Future of Worker Representation
- American Unions in Comparative Perspective
- Commentary
- Political Science as a Vocation: An Appreciation of the Life and the Work of James Q. Wilson
- Review
- Weakness and Wisdom: A Review of In My Time and Known and Unknown
- The Trouble With Teachers Unions: Review of Special Interest
