How necessary are unions? Insights from John R. Commons
2018
52
2
413-421
trade union ; democracy ; trade union role
Trade unionism
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2018.1469888
English
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"In this article, I assess Commons's warning that union suppression endangers democracy. I do so by considering evidence from four viewpoints: (i) Commons's view, (ii) the free market view, (iii) the power resource view, and (iv) the comparative sociology view. I expand on Commons's insights with the question: What is democracy? My conclusion points to the reasonableness of his warning."
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