Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America

by Maria Victoria Murillo, Peter Hall, Peter Lange, et al.

Book Overview

Due to economic crises, labor parties followed economic policies that hurt labor unions during the 1990s, such as trade liberalization and privatization. This book explains why labor unions resisted on some occasions and submitted on others and what the consequences of their actions were by studying three countries: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. The comparison between the experiences of the three countries and five different sectors in each country...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521785553
• ISBN13: 9780521785556
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"