2. On the Political Economy of Long-Run Trends in Strike Activity

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Industrial Conflict: Fluctuations, Trends, and Consequences
6. 1. Industrial Conflict in Advanced Industrial Societies 17
7. 2. On the Political Economy of Long-Run Trends in Strike Activity 52
8. 3. Trade Union Power, Wage Inflation, and Labor Militancy: A Comparative Analysis 77
9. II. Politics and Economics in the United States
10. 4. The Mass Public and Macroeconomic Performance: Dynamics of Public Opinion toward Unemployment and Inflation 117
11. 5. The Dynamics of Political Support for American Presidents among Occupational and Partisan Groups 143
12. 6. President Reagan's Mandate from the 1980 Elections: A Shift to the Right? 164
13. III. Comparative and European Politics and Economics
14. 7. On the Demand for Economic Outcomes: Macroeconomic Performance and Mass Political Support in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany 193
15. 8 Economics and Politics in France: Economic Performance and Mass Political Support for Presidents Pompidou and Giscard d’Estaing 224
16. 9. The Impact of Economic Performance on Electoral Support in Sweden, 1967–1978 241
17. 10. Economic Outcomes and Political Support for British Governments among the Occupational Classes: A Dynamic Analysis 258
18. 11. Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy 290
19. Index 323