How Leaders Mobilize Workers: Social Democracy, Revolution, and Moderate Syndicalism
Cambridge University Press, 3/31/2017
EAN 9781107165175, ISBN10: 1107165172
Hardcover, 320 pages, 23.7 x 16 x 2.7 cm
Language: English
This book explains why leaders choose social democracy, revolution, or moderate syndicalism to mobilize workers, and why it matters. In some countries, leaders have responded effectively to their political environment, while others have made ill-fitting choices. Vössing explains not only why leaders make certain choices, but also how their choices affect the success of interest mobilization and subsequent political development. Using quantitative data and historical sources, this book combines an analysis of the formation of class politics in all twenty industrialized countries between 1863 and 1919 with a general theory of political mobilization. It integrates economic, political, and ideational factors into a comprehensive account that highlights the critical role of individual leaders.
1. Introduction
a theory of national variation in interest mobilization
2. Outcomes
dominant models of class politics and institutionalization success
3. Environments
national differences in labor inclusion
4. Agency
constraints, choice alternatives, and decision-making
5. Choices
explaining variation in dominant models of class politics
6. Consequences
explaining differences in institutionalization success
7. Conclusion
causes and consequences of variation in interest mobilization.