Daisy Rooks
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1123373 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Daisy Rooks |
| NOMBRES | Daisy |
| APELLIDO | Rooks |
| FIRMA | ROOKS D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Montana |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Assault on Labor
Outsiders in the union
Although outsiders have played an important role in social protest in the U.S., outsiders' role in the U.S. labor movement has been the focus of spirited debate. Debate about outsider organizers, in particular, reached a fevered pitch in the late 1990s, and continues today. This paper scrutinizes two of the core assumptions of this debate: that insider and outsider organizers operate differently on union recognition campaigns, and that workers re…
Learning Interdisciplinarity
The authors explore the challenges inherent in traversing the multiple boundaries between sociology and social work, and the academy and the community, by examining a service learning course on hunger and homelessness taught by two sociology professors and two social workers on the staff of a community service organization. The authors draw on instructional team meetings and correspondence, observation of class sessions, and formal and informal c…
Hotheads of the World Unite
Impossible Democracy
The Cowboy Mentality
This paper details the experiences of union organizers in Sweeney's "new labor movement." It examines the occupational demands that organizers must contend with, such as extensive travel, long hours and emotionally demanding work. The author then describes the occupational culture of organizing, otherwise known as "the cow boy mentality." Far from a centrally coordinated retention strat egy, the cowboy mentality is a set of assumptions about orga…
Worker Activism after Successful Union Organizing
Shows how different levels of worker participation during a union organizing campaign influence the perceptions and actions of those same workers after the campaign ends, and, thereby, the long-term effectiveness and success of the organizing effort. Drawing on historical and current examples, the author analyzes the political and economic contexts within which today's unions are organizing, including a detailed examination of the impact of the W…
Learning Interdisciplinarity
The authors explore the challenges inherent in traversing the multiple boundaries between sociology and social work, and the academy and the community, by examining a service learning course on hunger and homelessness taught by two sociology professors and two social workers on the staff of a community service organization. The authors draw on instructional team meetings and correspondence, observation of class sessions, and formal and informal c…
Impossible Democracy
The Cowboy Mentality
This paper details the experiences of union organizers in Sweeney's "new labor movement." It examines the occupational demands that organizers must contend with, such as extensive travel, long hours and emotionally demanding work. The author then describes the occupational culture of organizing, otherwise known as "the cow boy mentality." Far from a centrally coordinated retention strat egy, the cowboy mentality is a set of assumptions about orga…
Outsiders in the union
Although outsiders have played an important role in social protest in the U.S., outsiders' role in the U.S. labor movement has been the focus of spirited debate. Debate about outsider organizers, in particular, reached a fevered pitch in the late 1990s, and continues today. This paper scrutinizes two of the core assumptions of this debate: that insider and outsider organizers operate differently on union recognition campaigns, and that workers re…
Worker Activism after Successful Union Organizing
Shows how different levels of worker participation during a union organizing campaign influence the perceptions and actions of those same workers after the campaign ends, and, thereby, the long-term effectiveness and success of the organizing effort. Drawing on historical and current examples, the author analyzes the political and economic contexts within which today's unions are organizing, including a detailed examination of the impact of the W…
The Cowboy Mentality
This paper details the experiences of union organizers in Sweeney's "new labor movement." It examines the occupational demands that organizers must contend with, such as extensive travel, long hours and emotionally demanding work. The author then describes the occupational culture of organizing, otherwise known as "the cow boy mentality." Far from a centrally coordinated retention strat egy, the cowboy mentality is a set of assumptions about orga…
Impossible Democracy
Hotheads of the World Unite
Learning Interdisciplinarity
The authors explore the challenges inherent in traversing the multiple boundaries between sociology and social work, and the academy and the community, by examining a service learning course on hunger and homelessness taught by two sociology professors and two social workers on the staff of a community service organization. The authors draw on instructional team meetings and correspondence, observation of class sessions, and formal and informal c…
Outsiders in the union
Although outsiders have played an important role in social protest in the U.S., outsiders' role in the U.S. labor movement has been the focus of spirited debate. Debate about outsider organizers, in particular, reached a fevered pitch in the late 1990s, and continues today. This paper scrutinizes two of the core assumptions of this debate: that insider and outsider organizers operate differently on union recognition campaigns, and that workers re…
The Assault on Labor
Political science (6 obras) · Labor Movements and Unions (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Public relations (3 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Political economy (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras)