When solidarity works : labor-civic networks and welfare states in the market reform era / Cheol-Sung Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yi, Ch'ŏl-sŭng, 1971- author.

Series:

Structural analysis in the social sciences ; 41.

Structural analysis in the social sciences ; 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Developing countries.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Political activity--Developing countries.

Labor unions.

Social movements--Developing countries.

Social movements.

Solidarity--Developing countries.

Solidarity.

Welfare state--Developing countries.

Welfare state.

Social policy.

Labor unions--Political activity.

Developing countries--Social policy.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xxii, 414 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction

Revisiting the theories of welfare states in developing countries

Theoretical discussion: the structures of associational networks and labor politics

The origin of top-down solidarity in South Korea

Embeddedness, cohesiveness, and the politics of social policy expansion in South Korea: universal vs. selective reforms

The survival and decline of embeddedness under retrenchment drives: the politics of retrenchment under market reforms

Comparative case studies I: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in Argentina and Brazil

Comparative case studies II: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in South Korea and Taiwan

Comparative case studies III: associational networks and welfare states in Argentina, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107174047

110717404X

OCLC:

952389259