Title: Labor relations in new democracies : East Asia, Latin America, and Europe /
Authors: Aleman, Jose Agustin, 1975-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Industrial relations Developing countries.; New democracies.; Industrial relations Developing countries Case studies.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor.; Economics.; Industrial relations.; Labour economics Europe Asia Latin America.; New democracies; POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations.; Political structures: democracy Europe Asia Latin America.
Abstract: Labor Relations in New Democracies explores how democratization has changed the material and political fortunes of workers in the new democracies of Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. It also examines how workers have responded to their newly found environment. The question is explored through analyses of labor compensation and industrial relations in these countries, and two detailed case studies. The study reveals that where workers have benefited the most from democratization - in Western Europe - they have also become more militant. At the other end of the spectrum, Eastern European countries, workers have benefitted the least from democratization. As a result, they have experienced declines in their ability to strike.
Contents: Industrial relations after the third wave -- Democratization and socioeconomic security -- Labor market regulation and industrial conflict: an empirical baseline -- Labor market regulation and social dialogue: a qualitative comparative analysis -- Protest and social dialogue in South Korea, 1987-2007 -- Protest and social dialogue in democratic Chile, 1988-2006.