Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States?

by Robin Archer

Book Overview

Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party--an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about "American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691149348
• ISBN13: 9780691149349
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"