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books written by Meredith College faculty members are being
published this spring.
Duke University Press is publishing Lift High the Cross:
Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge,
by Ann Burlein this month. Going Global: Unions and Globalization
in the United States, Sweden and Germany by Jim Piazza
is to be published in April by Lexington Books.
Burlein is assistant professor of religion at Meredith. She
describes the book as a “comparative study of one of
the largest white supremacist radio ministries in the country
and one of the largest Christian Right media ministries.”
Lift High the Cross looks at two groups: Pete Peters’s
“Scriptures for America” and James Dobson's “Focus
on the Family,” in order to investigate the specific
methods these groups rely on to appeal to their followers.
Burlein shows how such groups are able to move people into
their realm of influence without requiring them to agree with
all their philosophical, doctrinal, or political positions.
In his book, Piazza, who is assistant professor of political
science, explores the impact of increasingly globalized manufacturing
on the labor movement in the industrialized West. The book
is a detailed comparative study of metalworking and textiles
unions in the United States, Sweden, and Germany.
“The conventional wisdom is that globalization hurts
unions, partially because it allows employers to relocate
jobs over-
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High the Cross by Ann Burlein, professor of religion, was
released by Duke University Press this month. Going Global
(not pictured), written by Jim Piazza, assistant professor
of political science, will be available from Lexington Books
next month
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to avoid having to deal with unions, strikes, etc.,”
Piazza explains. “What I found was that while this story
does hold true for unions in the US — they have seen
their membership rolls and bargaining power devastated as
companies have gone global — unions in countries like
Sweden and Germany have been able to retain power despite
globalization.”
“In fact, German unions have found themselves to be in
a particularly good position as German companies begin to
outsource and open overseas manufacturing. German unions have
continued to attract members, adopt a hard line in collective
bargaining and play an important role in society. I argue
that this is because of the unique system of German industrial
relations, which allows unions to negotiate the changes associated
with globalization without losing members, influence or bargaining
position,” Piazza said.
More information on Lift High the Cross can be found
at http://dukeupress.edu
and details on Piazza’s Going Global can be found at
www.lexingtonbooks.com.
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