Structural adjustment had dismantled the mechanisms that governments in the developing world used to promote economic development. In response to the retreat from statist economic development, institutions of civil society have both resisted and been transformed. This comparativ…
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Workers are increasingly cooperating across national borders in campaigns aimed at influencing employers to improve wages, working conditions, and labor rights. To date, however, there are no systematic studies of why some transnational labor alliances succeed while others do no…
In the commonly told story of the sit-down strike at the Flint General Motors auto plant, women are an interesting footnote. It may be mentioned that there was a women’s militia who helped with the strike effort, but there were also countless other women touched by this moment i…
Researchers have reported a direct correlation between motivation and extrinsic incentives to increase performance in the workplace. Extrinsic motivators such as compensation, promotion opportunities, and professional development entice employees to exceed their work expectation…
A dramatic wave of unionizing in the museum world over the past year has sparked new conversations about labor and collective organizing throughout the cultural sector. Yet while those at the forefront of these conversations hope to leverage this moment into a cohesive movement,…
In Only Partly Visible, David F. Scrivner seeks to paint a rich, complex, and historically informed portrait of workers and their experiences in America in the twentieth century. This work of historical fiction touches on four major moments: The Ludlow Masscare of 1914, the stru…
This project is an analysis of the ways in which the power structure maintains hegemony and ideological dominance when confronted with challenges. Challenges to the power structure typically emerge in the form of social movements. Using conventional and Marxist theories, the Ame…