Reviews for Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor Movement

The average rating for Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor Movement based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-12-26 00:00:00 Kristi Rowell Books beginning with abstract (and cliched) terms like these three are highly suspect, and it was with a jaundiced view that I opened this book, expecting to find some Lincolnian air-skating about liberty and justice for all, which could mean anything from free cable TV to affirmative action. Thus, it was with some pleasure I discovered McClellan is careful to locate these terms in their specific Anglo-American historical context, and to insist on defending now-abandoned principles like institutional and geographic representation in government (as opposed to one man-one vote). He also maintains the continuity of English common law in America, harps on States' Rights, and comes down hard against the notion of a connection between American whigs and French Jacobins. Also included is a simple but helpful overview of the development of the English constitution from the Magna Carta to the 1688 Bill of Rights. All in all, therefore, quite pleasant so far. We shall see how it continues.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-12-09 00:00:00 Cheryl Beamesderfer More of a reference work than anything, but the analysis by McClellan seems good and it is valuable if only as a collection of relevant documents from early American political history.