The nearest Upsurge: Labor and the recent Social Movements by Dan CLAWSON.

The nearest Upsurge: Labor and the recent Social Movements by Dan CLAWSON, Ithaca: ILR Pres 2003 256 pp ISBN 0-8014-8870-2

The nearest Upsurge contributes to the literature of social-movement unionism; it argues that the what is yet to be of unions depends less forward the actions of leaders and organizations than in succession a reemergence of grassroots militancy and efficacy Central to Dan Clawson's point of view, however, is that it is necessary for labour to reach without to and link with what he calls "1960s" social emotions of women, people of colour, and other identity clusters Thus, he tries to update