Revival: Why is there no Socialism in the United States? (1976)
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Revival: Why is there no Socialism in the United States? (1976)
Sombart, W
Taylor & Francis Ltd
04/2019
187
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Inglês
9781138045309
15 a 20 dias
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Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party-an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about American exceptionalism is untenable. Conventional explanations rely on comparison with Europe. Archer challenges these explanations by comparing the United States with its most similar New World counterpart-Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United States and Australia share many fundamental historical, political, and social characteristics, but also because Australian unions established a labor party in the late nineteenth century, just when American unions, against a common backdrop of industrial defeat and depression, came closest to doing something similar. Archer examines each of the factors that could help explain the American outcome, and his systematic comparison yields unexpected conclusions. He argues that prosperity, democracy, liberalism, and racial hostility often promoted the very changes they are said to have obstructed. And he shows that it was not these characteristics that left the United States without a labor party, but, rather, the powerful impact of repression, religion, and political sectarianism.
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Holding;Census;Social;Inclined;US;Follow;Werner Sombart;United States;Patricia M. Hocking;North;C. T. Husbands;American Proletariat;Michael Harrington;American Worker;Household Budgets;Euro Pa;American National Character;Advanced Capitalist Development;Census Bulletin;Average Income;Secretary Of State;Average Annual Wages;American Trade Union Movement;German Industrial Workers;Mosely Commission;Dance Floor;Independent Socialist Party;Housing Requirements;Young Man;Make Up;Legislative Caucus
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party-an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about American exceptionalism is untenable. Conventional explanations rely on comparison with Europe. Archer challenges these explanations by comparing the United States with its most similar New World counterpart-Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United States and Australia share many fundamental historical, political, and social characteristics, but also because Australian unions established a labor party in the late nineteenth century, just when American unions, against a common backdrop of industrial defeat and depression, came closest to doing something similar. Archer examines each of the factors that could help explain the American outcome, and his systematic comparison yields unexpected conclusions. He argues that prosperity, democracy, liberalism, and racial hostility often promoted the very changes they are said to have obstructed. And he shows that it was not these characteristics that left the United States without a labor party, but, rather, the powerful impact of repression, religion, and political sectarianism.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Holding;Census;Social;Inclined;US;Follow;Werner Sombart;United States;Patricia M. Hocking;North;C. T. Husbands;American Proletariat;Michael Harrington;American Worker;Household Budgets;Euro Pa;American National Character;Advanced Capitalist Development;Census Bulletin;Average Income;Secretary Of State;Average Annual Wages;American Trade Union Movement;German Industrial Workers;Mosely Commission;Dance Floor;Independent Socialist Party;Housing Requirements;Young Man;Make Up;Legislative Caucus
