Daniel Disalvo: 4 books

Book cover of Government against Itself

Government against Itself

Public Union Power and Its Consequences

by Daniel DiSalvo
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014

As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, unionized public employees retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. The unions defend tooth and nail the generous compensation packages and...
Book cover of Government Unions and the Bankrupting of America
by Daniel DiSalvo
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011

Government-workers unions have been political juggernauts in the U.S. since the unseen collective-bargaining-rights revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. These unions are different and more powerful than those that battle owners and managers in the private sector. To advance their interests, unions in...
Book cover of Reflections on Conservative Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States
by Nigel F. B. Allington, Sébastien Caré, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012

This collective work examines the different conservatisms displayed in the UK and US, particularly in the areas of the meaning of rights, their foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and the impact of the current economic crisis on free-market...
Book cover of digitalSTS

digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

by Janet Vertesi, David Ribes, Laura Forlano
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
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