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Capitalist Collective Action

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  • Bowman,John R.

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This 1989 volume presents a theory of capitalist collective action and a case study of the pre-World War II American coal industry to which the theory is applied. The author examines the irony of capitalist firms that do not want to compete with each other, but often cannot avoid doing so. He then explains under what conditions businesses would be able to organize their competition and identifies the economic and political factors that facilitate or inhibit this organization. The case study not only illustrates the theory, but demonstrates how the competitive relations of capitalist firms are critically important determinants of their political behavior. The author argues that the traditional Marxist concern with conflict between workers and capitalists should be supplemented with a concern for the competitive conflicts among capitalists.

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  • Bowman,John R., 1989. "Capitalist Collective Action," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521362658.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:cbooks:9780521362658
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    1. Evans Ana Maria, 2013. "Building institutional capacity: from pervasive individualism to sustained coordination in small firm sectors," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 15(2), pages 163-186, August.
    2. Berins Collier, Ruth & Handlin, Samuel P., 2005. "Shifting Interest Regimes of the Working Classes in Latin America," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt9tz0z2gq, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
    3. van Driel, Hugo, 2000. "Collusion in transport: group effects in a historical perspective," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 385-404, April.
    4. R J Bennett, 1999. "Explaining the Membership of Sectoral Business Associations," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(5), pages 877-898, May.
    5. Robert J. Bennett, 1998. "Business associations and their potential contribution to the competitiveness of SMEs," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 243-260, January.
    6. Robert J. Bennett, 1998. "Explaining the Membership of Voluntary Local Business Associations: The Example of British Chambers of Commerce," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(6), pages 503-514, August.
    7. R J Bennett, 1998. "Business Associations and Their Potential to Contribute to Economic Development: Reexploring an Interface between the State and Market," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 30(8), pages 1367-1387, August.
    8. R J Bennett, 1999. "Business Associations: Their Potential Contribution to Government Policy and the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 17(5), pages 593-608, October.
    9. Leonardo Baccini & Veronica Lenzi & Paul W. Thurner, 2013. "Global Energy Governance: Trade, Infrastructure, and the Diffusion of International Organizations," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(2), pages 192-216, April.
    10. Robert Bennett, 2000. "The Logic of Membership of Sectoral Business Associations," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(1), pages 17-42.
    11. Amy A. Quark, 2011. "Transnational Governance as Contested Institution-Building: China, Merchants, and Contract Rules in the Cotton Trade," Politics & Society, , vol. 39(1), pages 3-39, March.

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