description: As today's headlines make clear, corporate restructuring is only one aspect of a global transformation that is challenging businesses and governments alike. W. Rand Smith examines a central question in this process: what choices exist for governments of industrialized democracies as they seek to help older, core industries adjust to changes in demand, technology and new sources of competition? This question is especially important for governments dominated by leftist political parties, which are torn between their commitment to social solidarity and the capitalist imperative of efficiency. Pledged to defend workers' interests (including their jobs), leftist governments also face market pressures often requiring huge job cuts. Given this conflict, can leftist governments forge a distinctive restructuring strategy?
language: English
title: The Left's Dirty Job: The Politics of Industrial Restructuring in France and Spain
titlecomplete: The Left's Dirty Job: The Politics of Industrial Restructuring in France and Spain (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)
publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr