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2 - Labor and Democracy

Constructing, Deepening, and Defending Citizenship Rights

from Part I - Labor and Democracy: Theory and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2022

By
Kenneth M. Roberts
Edited by
Angela B. Cornell  and
Mark Barenberg
Angela B. Cornell
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Mark Barenberg
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
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Summary

Recent patterns of democratic “backsliding” around the world have followed in the wake of a generalized weakening of organized labor under the modern, globalized variant of capitalism. Scholars have long debated whether and how labor contributes to the construction of democratic regimes and the expansion of social citizenship rights, but the current period makes it abundantly clear that democratic advances are always subject to reversal. As such, it is imperative to interrogate labor’s role in the defense of democratic rights and liberties, and not merely the introduction or expansion of those rights.These questions call for a multi-dimensional approach to the study of labor’s relationship to democracy, one that explores labor’s role in (1) constructing democratic regimes, (2) “deepening” democracy by expanding social citizenship rights, and (3) defending democracy against its adversaries and authoritarian currents in society.

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constructing democracycitizenship rightsdeepening democracydefending democracy
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The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy , pp. 36 - 48
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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