Building power to shape labor policy : unions, employee associations, and reform in neoliberal Chile / Pablo Pérez Ahumada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez Ahumada, Pablo, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation.

Labor laws and legislation--Chile.

Chile--Legislation.

Chile.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]

System Details:

Archivo digital de acceso on line, ePUB/.PDF. Requiere autenticación para su lectura y descarga.

Summary:

During Chile's shift to neoliberalism, the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet passed a swath of probusiness labor legislation. Subsequent labor reforms by democratically elected progressive administrations have sought to shift power back to workers, but this task has proven difficult. In Building Power to Shape Labor Policy, Pablo Pérez Ahumada explains why. Focusing on reforms to collective labor law, Pérez Ahumada argues that analyzing how both workers and employers mobilize power to influence government policies is crucial for understanding labor reform outcomes. He examines the relational character of power to explain how different types of power-structural, institutional, associational-interact with each other, and proposes a relational understanding of power and how it is balanced among competing social classes. While workers and employers both have a hand in shaping labor law, their influence is not equal. Analysis of recent events in Chile reveals how the balance of power and the lingering effects of neoliberalism manifest in labor reform.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction. Neoliberalism, Labor Policy Reform, and Power through the Lens of Chile

Chapter 1. Class Interests and Associational Power: A Relational Approach

Chapter 2. The Class Politics of Labor Reform during the Concertación Administrations (1990-2001)

Chapter 3. Associational Power Imbalances and Labor Policy Continuity: The Bachelet Labor Reform (2015-2016)

Chapter 4. The Problematic Construction of Associational Power: The Case of the CUT

Chapter 5. Collective Organization and Employer Power: The Successful Case of the CPC

Chapter 6. Associational Power and Labor Policy Reform in Comparative Perspective: The Cases of Argentina and Uruguay

Conclusion. Rethinking Class Power and Labor Policy in Neoliberal Society

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

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Other Format:

Print version: Perez Ahumada, Pablo Building Power to Shape Labor Policy

ISBN:

9780822989752