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Politics at work : how companies turn their workers into lobbyists
Title
Politics at work : how companies turn their workers into lobbyists / Alexander Hertel-Fernandez.
ISBN
9780190629892
0190629894
9780190635442
9780190635435
Publication
New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Physical Description
xvii, 334 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"American employers are increasingly recruiting their workers into politics to change elections and public policy--sometimes in coercive ways. Using a diverse array of evidence, including national surveys of workers and employers, as well as in-depth interviews with top corporate managers, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez's Politics at Work explains why mobilizing workers has become an appealing corporate political strategy in recent decades, and assesses the effect of employer mobilization on the political process more broadly, including its consequences for electoral contests, policy debates, and political representation"--Dust jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2018
Series
Studies in postwar American political development
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The new office politics
What is employer mobilization and from where did it come?. How should we think about employer mobilization? ; Methods for studying employer mobilization in the United States ; What managers say about employer mobilization ; What workers say about employer mobilization ; The return of employer mobilization to American politics
What difference does employer mobilization make?. Employer mobilization and worker political participation ; Employer mobilization and public policy ; Employer mobilization and elections ; What employer mobilization means for the study of American politics
Employer mobilization and American democracy.
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