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Interest groups, local politics, and police unions

Published in Interest Groups & Advocacy

Police unions raise issues of great importance for political scientists. Yet, the field has neglected them. This essay argues that political scientists should see police unions as important interest groups, empowered by state collective bargaining laws, that are important players in local politics and shapers of the criminal justice system in Ameri...

Unreliable Allies: Democrats and the Decline of Public Sector Unions

Public sector unionization rose dramatically during the 1960s and 1970s – even as private sector unions declined – and by 2010, membership in public sector unions surpassed that of private sector unions. They are now a mainstay of the U.S. labor movement, and wield sizable influence in local, state, and national politics. Yet public employee unions...