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050 00 $aHD6508$b.L53 2004
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100 1 $aLipset, Seymour Martin.
245 14 $aThe paradox of American unionism :$bwhy Americans like unions more than Canadians do, but join much less /$cSeymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz ; foreword by Thomas A. Kochan.
260 $aIthaca :$bILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,$c2004.
300 $axii, 226 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
505 0 $aParadoxes, anomalies and hypotheses -- Union density in a cross-national context -- The evolution of trade unions in the United States and Canada: the emergence of "the gap" in union density -- Social democratic Canada/free market United States -- Attitudes and values: an inverted relationship -- Frustrated demand: more Americans want to join unions -- The contribution of states and provinces to the unionization gap -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in the United States -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in Canada -- Estimates of non-union employee representation: how different are the two countries? -- The effects of differing cultural and political legacies on unionization -- Appendix I. Union membership and union density estimates: methodology and comparability -- Appendix II. summary of the survey methodology.
650 0 $aLabor union members$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLabor unions$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLabor union members$zCanada.
650 0 $aLabor unions$zCanada.
700 1 $aMeltz, Noah M.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024992.html