Politics at work : how companies turn their workers into lobbyists / Alexander Hertel-Fernandez.
| Author/creator | Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander, 1986- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | xvii, 334 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in postwar American political development Oxford studies in postwar American political development. ^A1144359 |
| Contents | The new office politics -- Part I. What is employer mobilization and from where did it come?: How should we think about employer mobilization? ; Methods for studying employer mobilization in the United States ; What managers say about employer mobilization ; What workers say about employer mobilization ; The return of employer mobilization to American politics -- Part II. What difference does employer mobilization make?: Employer mobilization and worker political participation ; Employer mobilization and public policy ; Employer mobilization and elections ; What employer mobilization means for the study of American politics -- Employer mobilization and American democracy. |
| Summary | "American employers are increasingly recruiting their workers into politics to change elections and public policy--sometimes in coercive ways. Using a diverse array of evidence, including national surveys of workers and employers, as well as in-depth interviews with top corporate managers, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez's Politics at Work explains why mobilizing workers has become an appealing corporate political strategy in recent decades, and assesses the effect of employer mobilization on the political process more broadly, including its consequences for electoral contests, policy debates, and political representation"-- Dust jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-326) and index. |
| LCCN | 2017030140 |
| ISBN | 9780190629892 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0190629894 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | 40028121934 |