{"product_id":"the-state-labor-in-modern-america","title":"The State \u0026 Labor in Modern America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this important new book  Melvyn Dubofsky traces the relationship between the American labor movement and the federal government from the 1870s until the present. His is the only book to focus specifically on the labor question as a lens through which to view more clearly the basic political  economic  and social forces that have divided citizens throughout the industrial era. Many scholars contend that the state has acted to suppress trade union autonomy and democracy  as well as rank-and-file militancy  in the interest of social stability and conclude that the law has rendered unions the servants of capital and the state. In contrast  Dubofsky argues that the relationship between the state and labor is far more complex and that workers and their unions have gained from positive state intervention at particular junctures in American history. He focuses on six such periods when  in varying combinations  popular politics  administrative policy formation  and union influence on the legislative and executive branches operated to promote stability by furthering the interests of workers and their organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964717264949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807844365","price":47.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807844366.jpg?v=1770476596","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-state-labor-in-modern-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}