Labor Politics in Latin America: Democracy and Worker Organization in the Neoliberal Era

by Viviana Patroni, Paul W Posner, Jean Francois Mayer

In recent decades, Latin American countries have sought to modernize their labor market institutions to remain competitive in the face of increasing globalization. This book evaluates the impact of such neoliberal reforms on labor movements and workers' rights in the region through comparative analyses of labor politics in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. Using these five key cases, the authors assess the capacity of workers and working-class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683400453
• ISBN13: 9781683400455
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Florida Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"