
Capitalist Development and Class Capacities
Marxist Theory and Union Organization
Jerry Lembcke(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 6. October 1988
Book
Hardback
213 pages
978-0-313-26209-8 (ISBN)
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).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-26209-8 (9780313262098)
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Person
JERRY LEMBCKE is a member of the Department of Sociology at The College of Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Content
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