Advanced industrial societies
In: Studies in comparative communism: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 12, Heft 2/3, S. 195-200
ISSN: 0039-3592
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In: Studies in comparative communism: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 12, Heft 2/3, S. 195-200
ISSN: 0039-3592
Aus westeuropäischer Sicht
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In: American political science review, Band 70, Heft 4, S. 1033-1058
ISSN: 1537-5943
This study focuses on strike activity during the 1950–1969 period in ten industrial societies, The first section of the paper deals with issues of strike measurement and introduces a three-dimensional characterization of strike activity which forms the basis of the subsequent statistical analyses. The next section examines postwar trends in industrial conflict in order to evaluate the argument that strike activity is "withering away" in advanced industrial societies. Time plots of the aggregate volume of industrial conflict show that there has been no general downward movement in strike activity during the postwar period.The third part of the paper develops a number of theoretically plausible statistical models to explain year-to-year fluctuations in the volume of strikes. The empirical results of this section indicate that (1) there is a pronounced inverse relationship between strike activity and the level of unemployment, which suggests that on the whole strikes are timed to capitalize on the strategic advantages of a tight labor market; (2) industrial conflict responds to movements in real wages rather than money wages, which indicates that labor is not misled by a "money illusion"; (3) Labor and Socialist parties are not able to deter strike activity in the short-run despite their strong electoral incentive to do so; and (4) the volume of strikes does seem to be influenced by the relative size of Communist parties, which suggests that such parties remain important agencies for the mobilization of discontent and the crystallization of labor-capital cleavages.
In: American political science review, Band 70
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: American political science review, Band 70, Heft 4
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: The review of politics, Band 60, Heft 2, S. 396-398
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: Structural change and economic dynamics, Band 51, S. 11-23
ISSN: 1873-6017
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 2-11,105
ISSN: 1884-2755
In: American political science review, Band 81, Heft 4, S. 1289-1319
ISSN: 1537-5943
Ronald Inglehart has argued that, while most of the major political parties in Western countries tend to be aligned along a social class–based axis, support for new political movements and new political parties largely reflects the tension between materialist and postmaterialist goals and values. This has presented something of a dilemma to the traditional parties, and helps account for the decline of social-class voting. Scott Flanagan takes issue with Inglehart's interpretation in several particulars. Although their views converge in many respects, Flanagan urges conceptual reorientations and adumbrates a different interpretation of post–World War II political development in Europe and Japan.
In: American political science review, Band 81, Heft 4, S. 1289
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 831-831
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 325-331
ISSN: 1469-8684
The post-WWII consensus on the relationship between class & politics in advanced industrial societies has ended, leading to lively debate. Four different positions in this debate are identified, all in agreement that the class basis of politics has eroded. This basic assumption is challenged here, arguing that, though the political significance of class has been altered in the late 20th century, these changes have been too complex & too varied across national political contexts to be explained by any single thesis. Empirical evidence is presented to refute the argument that a weakening of the link between class & voting behavior represents a generic feature of politics in advanced industrial societies. Implications for Marxist approaches to the issue are discussed. 53 References. K. Hyatt Stewart
The post-WWII consensus on the relationship between class & politics in advanced industrial societies has ended, leading to lively debate. Four different positions in this debate are identified, all in agreement that the class basis of politics has eroded. This basic assumption is challenged here, arguing that, though the political significance of class has been altered in the late 20th century, these changes have been too complex & too varied across national political contexts to be explained by any single thesis. Empirical evidence is presented to refute the argument that a weakening of the link between class & voting behavior represents a generic feature of politics in advanced industrial societies. Implications for Marxist approaches to the issue are discussed. 53 References. K. Hyatt Stewart