";The definitive critical introduction to American society, challenging readers to think about the disconnection between how things are supposed to be in theory versus how they really work in practice."; €”Jeff Manza, New York UniversityIn American Society: How It Really Works, Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers ask several crucial questions: What kind of society is American society? How does it really work? Why is it the way it is? In what ways does it need changing, and how can those changes be brought about? They explore the implications of these questions by examining five key values that most Americans believe our society should realize: Freedom, Prosperity, Efficiency, Fairness, and Democracy. Wright and Rogers ask readers to evaluate to what degree contemporary American society realizes these values and suggest how Americans might solve some of the social problems that confront America today.

American Society: How It Really Works

Politics & Social Sciences

Wright, Erik Olin

Rogers, Joel

Sociology

W.W.Norton&Company

The definitive critical introduction to American society. In American Society: How It Really Works, Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers ask several key questions: What kind of society is America? How does it really work and why is it the way it is? In what ways does it need changing, and how can those changes be brought about? To answer these questions, Wright and Rogers identify five core social values that most Americans affirm in one way or another: freedom, prosperity, efficiency, fairness, and democracy. The authors then challenge readers to question to what degree contemporary American society actually lives up to these values and suggest how we might make progress in solving some of the social problems that confront America today.

Anthropology

What Workers Want

Freeman and Rogers present their findings within a broader picture of the evolving structure of labor and management in the United States. Their detailed description of their survey -- how it was constructed and conducted -- provides a model for workplace research in our time. And the results allow the voices of employees to be heard on matters profoundly affecting their jobs, their lives, and, ultimately, the state of the American economy.

Business & Money

Freeman, Richard B.

Economics

ILR PRESS

Praise for the first edition: "This very valuable book reports the results of a large-scale and complex survey aimed at understanding the preferences of employees regarding workplace governance and their attitudes toward the three key institutions in the labor market: unions, government, and firms.... The findings are... sophisticated and convincing.... This is a terrifically useful book that contains a wealth of information."―Labor History 
"What Workers Want is one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken to determine the attitudes of employees about the American workplace.... An extremely important contribution to the long and often heated debates that swirl around these issues."―Ralph Nader, Public Citizen News
"What Workers Want is a sharply focused study of how American workers think about workplace participation. This book is a message about workplace democracy that union leaders would do well to build into their organizing strategies."―Dissent 
"This is easily one of the most readable books on industrial relations matters written by academics in recent times. The authors are able simultaneously to engage the reader in an almost folksy manner, while also being quite rigorous in their presentation of data. There should be more such books."―The Journal of Industrial Relations 
How would a typical American workplace be structured if the employees could design it? According to Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers, it would be an organization run jointly by employees and their supervisors, one where disputes between labor and management would be resolved through independent arbitration. Their groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive account of employees' attitudes about participation, representation, and regulation on the job. For this edition, the authors have added an introduction showing how recent data have confirmed and strengthened their basic argument. A new concluding chapter lays out the model of "open source unionism" that they propose for rebuilding unionism in the United States, making this updated edition essential for anyone thinking about what labor should be doing to move forward.

What Workers Want (Copublished With Russell Sage Foundation)

The future of America is the future of our cities. Restoring their health and wealth is the key to advancing racial justice, to raising and equalizing wages, to promoting equal opportunity, to saving our environment....I urge you to read and consider Metro Futures.--The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., from the Foreword Metro Futures shifts the discussion of urban issues from despair over inner-city problems to solutions that link urban and suburban well-being. With its specific state and federal policy recommendations, Metro Futures offers timely hope for meaningful change. "The New Democracy Forum series is a civic treasure....A truly good idea, carried out with intelligence and panache."--Robert Pinsky The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.

Metro Futures: Economic Solutioins for Cities and Their Suburbs (New Democracy Forum)

Joshua Cohen

Luria, Daniel D.

Beacon Press

A critical assessment of the 1984 election analyzes the decay of the Democratic party and the rise of a business-oriented political coalition in the GOP

Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics

Ferguson, Thomas

Politics & Government

Hill and Wang

History

Hill & Wang Pub

The Political Economy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy

This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

Routledge

In American Society: How It Really Works, esteemed scholars Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers pull back the curtain on the complex inner workings of contemporary American society, revealing the ways in which it does--and doesn't--support its core values. They also explore possible solutions to America's most pressing social and economic problems, including poverty, health disparities, and the climate crisis. In addition to featuring the most recent data , this highly anticipated Third Edition offers new discussions of the Trump presidency, the COVID-19 pandemic, the decline of democracy, and the climate crisis.

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American Society: How It Really Works

American Society: How It Really Works

What Workers Want

What Workers Want (Copublished With Russell Sage Foundation)

Metro Futures: Economic Solutioins for Cities and Their Suburbs (New Democracy Forum)

Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics

Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics

The Political Economy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy

The Political Economy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy

American Society: How It Really Works