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Labor and the environmental movement : the quest for common ground /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Obach, Brian K. (Brian Keith)
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004]
Series:Urban and industrial environments.
Subjects:
Labor unions > United States.
Environmentalism > United States.
Coalitions.
Interorganizational relations.
Social movements.
Pressure groups.
Organizational sociology.
Sindicatos > Estados Unidos.
Ambientalismo > Estados Unidos.
Relaciones interorganizacionales.
Movimientos sociales.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Interests and alliances: economic and political determinants of labor-environmental relations
  • Labor-environmental relations in the United States: a brief history
  • Labor and environmental relations: state cases
  • "We just don't work on that": organizational range and the coalition contradiction
  • "I had a lot to learn about those issues": organizational learning among unions and environmental SMOs
  • "They're good people, you should talk to them": the role of brokers and bridges
  • "That's not the way we work": a cultural divide?
  • "We can work together": uniting the pieces.