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Workers' Movements

Workers' Movements is a collective socio-political phenomenon within labor history referring to organized efforts by working-class groups to advance their economic, social, and political interests through collective action, distinguished from other social movements by its foundational ties to labor relations, workplace rights, and class-based mobilization.

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547

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2017–2026

188

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Labor Movements

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Publications

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Power in movement: social movements, collective action and politics

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.9K citations

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Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement and Regime Dynamics in Latin America

Abraham F. Lowenthal, Ruth Berins Collier, David Collier · Foreign Affairs · 1992 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Working-Class Power, Capitalist-Class Interests, and Class Compromise

Erik Olín Wright · American Journal of Sociology · 2000 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Insurgency of the Powerless: Farm Worker Movements (1946-1972)

J. Craig Jenkins, Charles Perrow · American Sociological Review · 1977 · 941 citations

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Breaking the Iron Law of Oligarchy: Union Revitalization in the American Labor Movement

Kim Voss, Rachel Sherman · American Journal of Sociology · 2000 · 713 citations

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  1. MD
    Marc Dixon

    Dartmouth College, United States

    11 publications · 608 citations

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  2. LT
    Lowell Turner

    Cornell University, United States

    10 publications · 896 citations

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  3. RM
    Ruth Milkman

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    9 publications · 476 citations

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  4. PS
    Philip S. Foner

    Lincoln University - Pennsylvania, United States

    9 publications · 542 citations

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  5. CK
    Chris King‐Chi Chan

    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    7 publications · 539 citations

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Institutions

547

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    956 citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    826 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    831 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    488 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    348 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    533 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 148 publications · 10.8K citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 101 publications · 5.1K citations

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    42 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    52 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Labour / Le Travail

    39 publications · 1.5K citations

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