Title: Democratic institutions of undemocratic individuals : privatizations, labor, and democracy in Turkey and Argentina /
Authors: Blind, Peride K.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Labor Turkey.; Labor Argentina; Privatization Turkey.; Privatization Argentina.; Democracy Turkey; Democracy Argentina; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor.; Democracy; Demokrati Argentina.; Demokrati Turkiet.; Fackliga organisationer Argentina.; Fackliga organisationer Turkiet.; Labor; Privatisering Argentina.; Privatisering Turkiet.; Privatization; Arbeit.; Demokratie.; Privatisierung.
Abstract: "After almost three decades of economic adjustment and restructuring, what had been the political consequences of structural reforms? Democratic Institutions of Undemocratic Individuals is a cogent, intriguing and a long-overdue account of the real impact of economic globalization in the developing world. In this book, Peride K. Blind bridges an important gap in the literature attempting to straddle the yawning chasm between those scholars who argue that privatizations are good for democracy and those who maintain that they are not. This book demonstrates the differential impact of privatizations on different sectors of society. It gives a different perspective on the virtues and shortcomings of labor unions in democratization processes, and introduces fascinating comparisons between Kemalist and Peronist templates of nation-building. It yields a judicious process-tracing of Turkish and Argentine labor developments and depicts the groundbreaking interlacing of privatization and democratization in the global era."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: A recipe for deciphering democratization today : privatizations and labor -- History of labor developments in Turkey : from state-dependent to cautiously autonomous unionism -- History of labor developments in Argentina : from Peronist to cautiously independent unionism -- Turkish labor in the global era : autonomous unions and transiently unified workers -- Argentine labor in the global era : more plural unions and atomized workers -- Effects of privatizations on labor : a cross-cultural comparison and implications for democracy.