From workers’ wages to presidential elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. In the immediate post–World War II era, one in t

The strategic institutional location of the labor movement has spawned a rich literature investigating the causes of labor's recent decline. No comparable effor

From workers' wages to presidential elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. In the immediate post-World War II era, one in three

The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents sy