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Working-Class Power, Capitalist-Class Interests, and Class Compromise

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Wright, Erik Olin·2000·American Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1086/210397
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This article proposes a general theoretical framework for understanding the concept of "class compromise" in terms of a "reverse-J" model of the relationship between the associational power of workers and the interests of capitalists: increases in working-class power adversely affect capitalist-class interests until such power crosses some intermediate threshold beyond which further increases in working-class power are potentially beneficial to capitalists' interests. This article argues that the reverse-J curve is itself the result of two distinct kinds of effects of workers' power on capitalists' interests: one, a negative effect, in which workers' power undermines the capacity of capitalists to unilaterally make various kinds of decisions, and the second, a positive effect, in which workers' power helps capitalists solve the various kinds of collective action problems they face.

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Authors
Wright, E. O.
Venue
American Journal of Sociology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2000-01
Volume
105
Issue
4
Pages
957-1002
ISSN
  • 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5390
DOI
10.1086/210397
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W2055321771
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1,087
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30.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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