TY - BOOK ID - 110831 TI - Modern manors: welfare capitalism since the new deal PY - 1997 SN - 0691015708 0691007438 1282738348 9786612738340 1400822394 1400812186 9781400822393 9781400812189 9780691007434 6612738340 9781282738348 9780691015705 PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - History of North America KW - Economic sociology KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - United States KW - BE / Belgium - België - Belgique KW - US / United States of America - USA - Verenigde Staten - Etats Unis KW - 658.310 KW - 331.220 KW - 331.228 KW - 331.19 KW - 658.300 KW - 658.313 KW - Betrekkingen van de arbeiders met de werkgevers: algemeenheden. KW - Geschiedenis van de maatschappelijke klassen en bewegingen: algemeenheden. KW - Geschiedenis van de vakbonden. KW - Geschiedkundige en andere inlichtingen over industriële, financiële en handelsondernemingen. KW - Industriële psychologie en ergonomie. Arbeidsverrijking. KW - Vertegenwoordiging en medebeheer van het personeel. Arbitrage en bemiddeling in industriële conflicten. KW - Welfare state. KW - Capitalism KW - Economic conditions KW - State, Welfare KW - Economic policy KW - Public welfare KW - Social policy KW - State, The KW - Welfare economics KW - Welfare state KW - Geschiedkundige en andere inlichtingen over industriële, financiële en handelsondernemingen KW - Geschiedenis van de maatschappelijke klassen en bewegingen: algemeenheden KW - Geschiedenis van de vakbonden KW - Industriële psychologie en ergonomie. Arbeidsverrijking KW - Betrekkingen van de arbeiders met de werkgevers: algemeenheden KW - Vertegenwoordiging en medebeheer van het personeel. Arbitrage en bemiddeling in industriële conflicten KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:110831 AB - In light of recent trends of corporate downsizing and debates over corporate responsibility, Sanford Jacoby offers a timely, comprehensive history of twentieth-century welfare capitalism, that is, the history of nonunion corporations that looked after the economic security of employees. Building on three fascinating case studies of "modern manors" (Eastman Kodak, Sears, and TRW), Jacoby argues that welfare capitalism did not expire during the Depression, as traditionally thought. Rather it adapted to the challenges of the 1930's and became a powerful, though overlooked, factor in the history of the welfare state, the labor movement, and the corporation. "Fringe" benefits, new forms of employee participation, and sophisticated anti-union policies are just some of the outgrowths of welfare capitalism that provided a model for contemporary employers seeking to create productive nonunion workplaces. Although employer paternalism has faltered in recent years, many Americans still look to corporations, rather than to unions or government, to meet their needs. Jacoby explains why there remains widespread support for the notion that corporations should be the keystone of economic security in American society and offers a perspective on recent business trends. Based on extensive research, Modern Manors greatly advances the study of corporate and union power in the twentieth century. ER -