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John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi research materials for the book In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism, 2006-2012

Overview of the Collection

Title
John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi research materials for the book In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism
Dates
2006-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
5.57 cubic feet, (8 boxes and 1 oversize folder, including 59 audio cds and 2 dvds)
Collection Number
5798
Summary
Research materials for the book In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activismand the Union Democracy Reexamined Project
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users but access to some portions of the collection are restricted. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Languages
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor
Labor Archives Fund, Labor Archives of Washington
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Biographical Note

John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi are authors of the book In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism. The book is a political science investigation that examines why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. The working title of the research project was Union Democracy Reexamined.

In the book, John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi systematically compare and document eighty years of union social activism by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in the United States and the Waterside Workers Federation (WWF) in Australia. They compare the ILWU and WWF to the Teamsters and the International Longshoremen's Association, two American transport industry labor unions that actively discouraged the pursuit of political causes unrelated to their own economic interests.

John S. Ahlquist is the Trice Family Faculty Scholar and associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is also a research associate in political economy at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and a faculty affiliate of the La Follette School, the Center for Financial Security, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Ahlquist was project director for the Union Democracy Reexamined project while he was a graduate student at the University of Washington.

Margaret Levi is the Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington and Senior Fellow, Watson Institute of International Studies, Brown University. She is Foundational Chair in Politics at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre, where she is now an Affiliate Professor. She is also Director of the CHAOS (Comparative Historical Analysis of Organizations and States) Center and formerly the Harry Bridges Chair and Director, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Levi earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1968 and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1974, the year she joined the faculty of the University of Washington. She became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 2002. She was a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar (2006-7) and recipient of the S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award in 2001. She served as President of the American Political Science Association (2004-5).

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Content Description

Photocopied archival material, audio files, DVDs of research materials, surveys to ILWU members, correspondence, and project records.

Research materials for the book In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activismand the Union Democracy Reexamined Project. Much of the material is photocopies of primary source collections from other repositories such as the Noel Butlin Archives in Australia and the Ann Rand Research Library and Archives at the ILWU International's office in San Francisco. As well, there are many photocopies from other collections in the University of Washington Special Collections. The materials include DVDs of audio files of interviews on longshore workers by Howard Kimeldorf for his book Reds or Rackets?and William Finlay for his book Work on the Waterfront. Other materials include DVDs of Waterside Workers Federation of Australia films and posters.

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Other Descriptive Information

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Margaret Levi.

Related Materials

Wikidata is available for this collection

Bibliography

  • Ahlquist, John S., and Margaret Levi. 2013. In the interest of others: organizations and social activism
  • "In the interest of others: organizations and social activism," Ahlquist, John S., and Margaret Levi. Accessed November 19, 2013, http://depts.washington.edu/ilwu

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Ahlquist, John S.--Archives
    • Levi, Margaret--Archives

    Corporate Names

    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)


2013 (Last modified: 1/11/2018)

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