Government against itself
Subtitle: public union power and its consequences
By: Daniel DiSalvo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780199990757; 9781322239026; 9780199990740
Subjects: Labor & Industrial Relations; Government; National; Government employee unions; General; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Labor; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: "Daniel DiSalvo contends that the power of public sector unions is too often inimical to the public interest"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction. The Battle over Collective Bargaining in Government; title: Chapter 1. Government Unions: Democracy, Equity, Efficiency, and Purpose; title: Chapter 2. The Unseen Rights Revolution; title: Chapter 3. Electing Your Own Boss; title: Chapter 4. Distorting Direct Democracy; title: Chapter 5. Government Lobbies Itself; title: Chapter 6. Public Employee Compensation and the Costs of Government; title: Chapter 7. Spending More, Getting Less; title: Chapter 8. Shelter from the Storm; title: Chapter 9. A Day of Reckoning?