The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics

Peter L. Francia

March, 2006
Cloth, 224 pages, 13 line drawings; 24 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-13070-7
$45.50 / £31.50

Preface

1. Introduction

2. A Different Direction for Organized Labor?

3. Strength in Numbers: Organizing and Mobilizing Union Members

4. Countering Business: Union Campaigning in Congressional Elections

5. The Air War: The AFL-CIO Advertising Campaign

6. Laboring for a “Working Family” Agenda

7. Conclusion: The Significance of Union Renewal

8. Postscript: The 2004 Election

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

Related Subjects

• American Politics
• Political Theory

About the Author

Peter L. Francia is associate professor of political science at East Carolina University and the coauthor of The Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates (Columbia). He lives in Wendell, North Carolina. He has written articles for Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, and Social Science Quarterly, as well as co-authored chapters in several books on organized labor, interest groups, and congressional elections.

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