Capitalist development and class capacities : Marxist theory and union organization
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Capitalist development and class capacities : Marxist theory and union organization
(Contributions in labor studies, no. 25)
Greenwood Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. [185]-193
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This thought-provoking study argues for a restoration of the classical Marxist position linking the development process, class formation, and class capacities; in practical terms it argues for a restoration of strategies premised on a dialectical understanding of capitalism that sees the process of proletarianization as a capacity-enhancing one rather than a capacity-eroding one. Lembcke adopts Therborn's position that the fundamental power resource available to the working class is its capacity for unity through mutually supported and concerted practices, and that this capacity is rooted in the organizational structure. His work synthesizes three major areas of thought on the subject, including the work in logics of collective action (Offe and Wiesenthal), studies of class formation (Gordon, Edwards, and Reich) and class capacities (Therborn), and organizational studies done within the strategic choices framework (Cornfield).
Table of Contents
From Organizational Democracy to Organizational Efficacy: Toward a Class Analysis of Union Organization Historical Problems and Theoretical Advances in the Study of U.S. Working-Class Capacities Class Formation and Class Capacities: Case Studies of Three CIO Unions--United Auto Workers, Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, and the International Woodworkers of America Class Capacities and Labor Internationalism: The Case of the CIO-CCL Unions There Was a Difference: Communist and Non-Communist Leadership in CIO Unions Uneven Development, Class Formation and Organization Theory: New Departures for Understanding Current Struggles
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