Laura C Bucci
Biographic Data
| ID | 4385807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura C Bucci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura C |
| FAMILY NAME | Bucci |
| SIGNATURE | BUCCI L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Joseph's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4116-7010 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Off to the Polls and Then Down the Ballot: Are Union Members Less Likely to Roll-Off
Unions are successful at mobilizing voter turnout, but does this success translate to voting down-ballot? Raising this question brings together two disparate strains of research on ballot-roll off and union voter mobilization. Using data from the Cooperative Election Study (2012, 2016, and 2020), we find that union voters are more likely to vote in down ballot U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections. Though members of union households are…
The Role of Federalism and the Centrality of State Governments for Labor Unions, Employment, and Organizing
American states differ in their protection of workers, acceptance of organized labor, dominant industrial cultures, and regarding labor unions’ capacity and political power. In this article, I examine declining union membership in the states and analyze various laws that limit the political power of unions and assess the consequences of these developments. I also document and explain a recent resurgence of labor organizing, political resistance, …
The state of labor in the Democratic Party coalition
Since the New Deal, labor has been a key member of the Democratic coalition. As unions decline, their centrality to the Democratic Party has also diminished. At the same time, state variation in party preferences, party strength, and the types of unions that remain has led some unions to become involved in Republican politics. In this manuscript we investigate how central unions are in party networks using state legislative donation data from 200…
Who passes restrictive labour policy? A view from the States
What leads states to adopt more restrictive labour policies? The conventional wisdom is that unified Republican states, with help from conservative political networks, are more likely to adopt restrictions on labour unions. We argue that party control of government matters but is constrained by voter preferences and the power of organised labour. We create new estimates of state-level public support for unions by income thirds using dynamic multi…
Civic Engagement in Decline: Deunionization and a Fifty State Solution
Organized Labor's Check on Rising Economic Inequality in the U.S. States
Recent demonstrations of growing economic inequality in the United States raise normative concerns about the political representation of all but the very wealthiest citizens. Building on existing cross-national work on the roles of unions in welfare states, I provide evidence that organized labor, as a political institution, limits unequal income distributions in the U.S. states. The states are useful to our understanding of labor's influence on …
The Influence of Incumbency and Partisanship on Fenno's Paradox: Evidence from Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
Fenno's Paradox-the preference for one's own legislator while disliking the legislature as a whole-remains one of the most consistent findings in American politics. This tendency increases the likelihood for incumbents to win reelection, despite being a part of a less popular institution. Little analysis looks at whether Fenno's Paradox exists outside of the US in other legislative contexts, or whether incumbency itself or partisan identification…
White working-class politics and the consequences of declining unionization in the age of Trump
This essay discusses the various conceptualizations and political behavior of the white working class. Using Katherine J. Cramer's The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker and Justin Gest's The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality, I critically engage literature on political behavior and class politics in light of declining class-based organizations. Ov…
Organized Labor's Check on Rising Economic Inequality in the U.S. States
Recent demonstrations of growing economic inequality in the United States raise normative concerns about the political representation of all but the very wealthiest citizens. Building on existing cross-national work on the roles of unions in welfare states, I provide evidence that organized labor, as a political institution, limits unequal income distributions in the U.S. states. The states are useful to our understanding of labor's influence on …
Who passes restrictive labour policy? A view from the States
What leads states to adopt more restrictive labour policies? The conventional wisdom is that unified Republican states, with help from conservative political networks, are more likely to adopt restrictions on labour unions. We argue that party control of government matters but is constrained by voter preferences and the power of organised labour. We create new estimates of state-level public support for unions by income thirds using dynamic multi…
White working-class politics and the consequences of declining unionization in the age of Trump
This essay discusses the various conceptualizations and political behavior of the white working class. Using Katherine J. Cramer's The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker and Justin Gest's The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality, I critically engage literature on political behavior and class politics in light of declining class-based organizations. Ov…
The state of labor in the Democratic Party coalition
Since the New Deal, labor has been a key member of the Democratic coalition. As unions decline, their centrality to the Democratic Party has also diminished. At the same time, state variation in party preferences, party strength, and the types of unions that remain has led some unions to become involved in Republican politics. In this manuscript we investigate how central unions are in party networks using state legislative donation data from 200…
The Role of Federalism and the Centrality of State Governments for Labor Unions, Employment, and Organizing
American states differ in their protection of workers, acceptance of organized labor, dominant industrial cultures, and regarding labor unions’ capacity and political power. In this article, I examine declining union membership in the states and analyze various laws that limit the political power of unions and assess the consequences of these developments. I also document and explain a recent resurgence of labor organizing, political resistance, …
The Influence of Incumbency and Partisanship on Fenno's Paradox: Evidence from Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
Fenno's Paradox-the preference for one's own legislator while disliking the legislature as a whole-remains one of the most consistent findings in American politics. This tendency increases the likelihood for incumbents to win reelection, despite being a part of a less popular institution. Little analysis looks at whether Fenno's Paradox exists outside of the US in other legislative contexts, or whether incumbency itself or partisan identification…
White working-class politics and the consequences of declining unionization in the age of Trump
This essay discusses the various conceptualizations and political behavior of the white working class. Using Katherine J. Cramer's The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker and Justin Gest's The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality, I critically engage literature on political behavior and class politics in light of declining class-based organizations. Ov…
Organized Labor's Check on Rising Economic Inequality in the U.S. States
Recent demonstrations of growing economic inequality in the United States raise normative concerns about the political representation of all but the very wealthiest citizens. Building on existing cross-national work on the roles of unions in welfare states, I provide evidence that organized labor, as a political institution, limits unequal income distributions in the U.S. states. The states are useful to our understanding of labor's influence on …
The Influence of Incumbency and Partisanship on Fenno's Paradox: Evidence from Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
Fenno's Paradox-the preference for one's own legislator while disliking the legislature as a whole-remains one of the most consistent findings in American politics. This tendency increases the likelihood for incumbents to win reelection, despite being a part of a less popular institution. Little analysis looks at whether Fenno's Paradox exists outside of the US in other legislative contexts, or whether incumbency itself or partisan identification…
Civic Engagement in Decline: Deunionization and a Fifty State Solution
The state of labor in the Democratic Party coalition
Since the New Deal, labor has been a key member of the Democratic coalition. As unions decline, their centrality to the Democratic Party has also diminished. At the same time, state variation in party preferences, party strength, and the types of unions that remain has led some unions to become involved in Republican politics. In this manuscript we investigate how central unions are in party networks using state legislative donation data from 200…
Who passes restrictive labour policy? A view from the States
What leads states to adopt more restrictive labour policies? The conventional wisdom is that unified Republican states, with help from conservative political networks, are more likely to adopt restrictions on labour unions. We argue that party control of government matters but is constrained by voter preferences and the power of organised labour. We create new estimates of state-level public support for unions by income thirds using dynamic multi…
The Role of Federalism and the Centrality of State Governments for Labor Unions, Employment, and Organizing
American states differ in their protection of workers, acceptance of organized labor, dominant industrial cultures, and regarding labor unions’ capacity and political power. In this article, I examine declining union membership in the states and analyze various laws that limit the political power of unions and assess the consequences of these developments. I also document and explain a recent resurgence of labor organizing, political resistance, …
Off to the Polls and Then Down the Ballot: Are Union Members Less Likely to Roll-Off
Unions are successful at mobilizing voter turnout, but does this success translate to voting down-ballot? Raising this question brings together two disparate strains of research on ballot-roll off and union voter mobilization. Using data from the Cooperative Election Study (2012, 2016, and 2020), we find that union voters are more likely to vote in down ballot U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections. Though members of union households are…
Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · State (computer science (5 works)