This study broadly assesses the role played by political and institutional factors in the
widespread union crises that occurred in many Western capitalist democracies during the …

To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, what a long and strange trip it has been! My quest for a
Ph. D. in Sociology began over thirteen years ago when I entered the doctoral program at …

This study broadly assesses the role played by political factors in the widespread union
crises that occurred in many Western capitalist democracies during the 1980s. Specifically …