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Race, Labor, and the Twentieth-Century American State

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  • Paul Frymer

    (University of California–Santa Cruz)

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The author examines the federal government’s civil rights promotion in labor unions, focusing in particular on the consequences of this halting, fragmented effort. After the government deflected racial politics from labor policy in the 1930s, it attempted to integrate unions not by reforming labor law but by developing new agencies and empowering federal courts. This created an institutional environment where different agencies worked at cross-purposes, and courts imposed great financial costs on unions. The result of this effort was a host of unintended consequences for unions and civil rights groups. By putting race at the center, it also suggests an alternative understanding of the twentieth-century American state.

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  • Paul Frymer, 2004. "Race, Labor, and the Twentieth-Century American State," Politics & Society, , vol. 32(4), pages 475-509, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:32:y:2004:i:4:p:475-509
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329204269980
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