The rhetoric of the NEA/AFT merger : managing conflicting conceptualizations of identity and democracy /
After many years of negotiations, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers were poised to merge, but the 1998 Representative Assembly failed to approve this merger. This thesis examines the history and culture of these two teachers' unions, and the influence th...
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | After many years of negotiations, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers were poised to merge, but the 1998 Representative Assembly failed to approve this merger. This thesis examines the history and culture of these two teachers' unions, and the influence they had on the merger. A close textual analysis was performed on the speeches and web documents regarding the merger as well as debates pertaining to unity of the two unions. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Speech Communications". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 121 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-93). |