Herbert B. Asher - American Labor Unions in the Electoral Arena

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AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS IN THE ELECTORAL ARENA

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People, Passions, and Power

Social Movements, Interest Organizations,

and the Political Process

Series Editor: John C. Green

This series explores the people, activities, and institutions that animate the political process. The series emphasizes recent changes in that processnew actors, new movements, new strategies, new successes (or failures) to enter the political mainstream or influence everyday politicsand places these changes in context with the past and the future. Books in the series combine high-quality scholarship with accessibility so that they may be used as core or supplementary texts in upper division political science, sociology, and communication studies courses. The series is consciously interdisciplinary and encourages cross-discipline collaboration and research.

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American Labor Unions in the Electoral Arena, Herbert B. Asher, Eric S. Heberlig, Randall B. Ripley, and Karen Snyder

Forthcoming

The Art and Craft of Lobbying: Political Engagement in American Politics, by Ronald G. Shaiko

Leftist Movements in the United States, edited by John C. Berg

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H ERBERT B . A SHER E RIC S . H EBERLIG R ANDALL B . R IPLEY K AREN S NYDER

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American labor unions in the electoral arena / Herbert B. Asher... [et al.].

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8476-8865-8 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-8476-8866-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Labor unionsUnited StatesPolitical activityHistory. 2. Presidents

United StatesElectionHistory. 3. ElectionsUnited StatesHistory.

4. Politics, PracticalUnited StatesHistory. I. Asher, Herbert B.

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z.39.48-1992.

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