Table of Contents
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- List of Figures ix
- List of Tables xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Chapter 1: Beyond Economism 1
- Our Argument 5
- The Cases 10
- Alternative Accounts 15
- The Chapters 18
- Chapter 2: Building an Encompassing Community of Fate
and Winning Consent 22
- Leaders, Governance, and Organizational Performance 25
- Modeling Organizational Scope and Governance 28
- From Leadership Rents to Organizational Governance Institutions 38
- Summary and Conclusions 43
- Appendix 45
- Chapter 3: Pork, Perks, and Predation 53
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) 55
- The ILA 71
- Discussion 77
- Chapter 4: An Injury to Anyone Is an Injury to All 79
- Commonalities Between the ILWU and WWF 80
- ILWU 84
- WWF 103
- Tension between Political and Industrial Commitments 113
- Continuity Over Time 114
- Conclusion 118
- Chapter 5: Managing Heterogeneity 120
- Managing the Heterogeneity of Locals 121
- Managing Individual Heterogeneity 135
- Conclusion 152
- Chapter 6: Provoking Preferences 155
- The Literature 157
- Preference Provocation 162
- Evidence of Preference Provocation 168
- Evidence of Contingent Consent 181
- Conclusions 183
- Chapter 7: Political Attitudes and Behavior among ILWU Members 185 (with Amanda B. Clayton)
- Employment, Compensation, and Shipping Volumes on the U.S. West Coast 187
- International Trade and Public Opinion 189
- The ILWU’s Organizational Principles and International Trade 192
- ILWU Members’ and Affiliates’ Attitudes Toward Trade 199
- ILWU Affiliates’ Political Behavior 212
- Robustness Considerations 216
- Conclusion 219
- Appendices 220
- Chapter 8: Signaling Solidarity? 230
- Bargaining, Strikes, and Politics 233
- The ILWU 238
- The WWF 251
- Conclusion 256
- Appendix 259
- Chapter 9: Conclusions and Implications 261
- Union Behavior 262
- Other Membership Organizations 265
- Firms 268
- The State 269
- Other Implications 272
- Communities of Fate 276
- Bibliography 279
- Index 303