The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret Zweig suggests the implications of this analysis for a number of key political issues, including the 'underclass,' 'family values,' globalization, and what workers get (and should get) from governmen
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| Title | : | The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (434 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801477336 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2011-11-23 |
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From reviews of the first edition"Zweig's investigation of politics goes beyond the electoral, focusing instead on how a broad working-class social movement (often in alliance with segments of the professional middle class) could reshape workplace and community power relations as well as national politics."The Nation"Those who take (rather than give) orders at work are the working class; at 62 percent of the labor force, they are a majority distracted and diverted from its best interests for several generations. Zweig suggests the implications of this analysis for a number of key political issues, including the 'underclass,' 'family values,' globalization, and what workers get (and should get) from government. Putting class back on the table produces a thoughtful, provocative analysis of where the nation is going and what working people could do about it."Booklist"In this pungent critique of class and economics in the United States part economic theor
Editorial : About the Author Michael Zweig is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he has received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is active in his union, United University Professions (AFT Local 2190), representing 35,000 faculty and professional staff throughout SUNY and has been elected to two terms on its state executive board. His earlier books include What's Class Got to Do with It?: American Society in the Twenty-first Century; Religion and Economic Justice; and The Idea of a World University.
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