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A discussion of John S. Ahlquist and Margaret Levi's In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2014

Brooke Ackerly
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Abstract

John S. Alquist and Margaret Levi’s In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism develops a new theory of organizations through a comparative analysis of two activist labor unions (the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the United States and the Waterside Workers Federation in Australia) and two unions that focus only on pursuing member benefits (the Teamsters and the International Longshoremen’s Association in the United States). Integrating the study of labor politics, social movements, social capital, and the political economy of group organization and mobilization, the book addresses a wide range of political science concerns. We have thus invited a range of political scientists to comment on the book as an account of labor politics and as a broader account of the logic of collective action.— Jeffrey C. Isaac, Editor

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Review Symposium: Labor Organizations and Collective Action
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 857 - 863
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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