Why is There No Labor Party in the United States?
- ISBN-10
- 0691127018
- ISBN-13
- 9780691127019
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Robin Archer
Description
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This title puts forward an explanation for why there is no American labor party - an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about 'American exceptionalism' is untenable.
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