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 / £27.00

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 assistant 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.

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