The politics of labor reform in Latin America : between flexibility and rights / Maria Lorena Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Maria Lorena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor policy--Latin America--Case studies.

Labor policy.

Latin America.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 231 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

During the 1990s, governments, employers, and international agencies pressed for greater flexibility in labor regulations throughout much of Latin America. In this comparative study of six Latin American countries, Marma Lorena Cook shows why these common pressures for flexibility led to varied labor reform outcomes. Her examination of the role of organized labor in shaping reform highlights the conditions under which labor can still wield power despite a decline in overall strength. Cook employs historical case studies and paired comparisons to analyze the political dynamics that led to moderate levels of labor reform in Argentina and Brazil, extensive change in Chile and Peru, and no reform in Mexico and Bolivia. Her book identifies the array of factors -- labormovement strategies, democratization and economic opening, international pressures, legal frameworks, and political legacies -- that determine whether labor reforms are more likely to stress flexibility or rights.

Contents:

The politics of labor reform in Latin America

Directions in labor reform: a regional overview

Legacies of state corporatism: Argentina and Brazil

Legacies of radical regimes: Chile and Peru

Legacies of revolution: Mexico and Bolivia

The future of labor reform: between flexibility and rights?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-221) and index.

ISBN:

0271029293

9780271029290

OCLC:

70174867

Publisher Number:

9780271029290