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1、LaborLaborandtheEnvironmentalMovementTheQuestforCommonGroundLaborandtheEnvironmentalBrianK.ObachRelationsbetweenorganizedlaborandenvironmentalgroupsaretypicallycharacterizedasadver-sarial,mostoftenbecauseofthespecterofjoblossinvokedbyindustriesfacingenvironmentalregu-andtheMovementlation.B
2、ut,asBrianObachshows,thetwolargestandmostpowerfulsocialmovementsintheUnitedStatesactuallyshareagreatdealofcommonground.Unionsandenvironmentalistshaveworkedtogetheronanumberofissues,includingworkplacehealthandsafety,environmentalrestoration,andglobalization(asinthesurprisingsolidarityof“Tea
3、mstersandTurtles”intheanti-WTOdemon-TheQuestforCommonGroundstrationsinSeattle).EnvironmentalMovementObachLaborandtheEnvironmentalMovementexamineswhy,when,andhowlaborunionsandenvi-ronmentalorganizationseithercooperateorcomeintoconflict.Byexploringtheinterorganizationaldynamicsthatarecrucial
4、tocooperativeeffortsandpresentingdetailedstudiesoflabor-environmen-talgroupcoalitionbuildingfromaroundthecountry(examiningindetailexamplesfromMaine,NewJersey,NewYork,Washington,andWisconsin),theauthorprovidesinsightintohowthesemove-mentscanbebroughttogethertopromoteajustandsustainablesocie
5、ty.ObachgivesabriefhistoryofrelationsbetweenorganizedlaborandenvironmentalgroupsintheUnitedStates,exploreshoworganizationallearningcanincreaseorganizations’abilitytoworkwithothers,andexaminesthecrucialroleplayedby“coalitionbrokers,”whomaintainlinkstobothmovements.Hechallengesresearchthatat
6、temptstoexplainintermovementconflictonthebasisofculturaldistinctionsbetweenblue-collarworkersandmiddle-classenvironmentalists,providingevi-denceoflegalandstructuralconstraintsthatbetterexplaintheorganizationaldifferencesclasscul-tureandnewsocialmovementtheoristsidentify.Thefinalchapterincl
7、udesamodelofthecrucialdeterminantsofcooperationandconflictthatcanserveasthebasisforfurtherstudyofintermove-mentrelations.BrianK.ObachisAssistantProfessorofSociologyatStateUniversityofNewYork,NewPaltz.UrbanandIndustrialEnvironmentsseries“Journalistscontinueto‘d
