State, labor, and the transition to a market economy
Subtitle: Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic
By: Agnieszka Paczynska.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780271034362
Subjects: Capitalism -- Cross-cultural studies; Privatization -- Cross-cultural studies; Labor unions -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies; Political culture -- Cross-cultural studies; Industrial relations -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "Explores what facilitates or hinders social group attempts to influence the process of economic restructuring and reconstruction of state-society relations by focusing on organized labor's response to privatization of the public sector during the first decade of reforms. Compares Poland, Egypt, Mexico and the Czech Republic"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Parties, unions, and economic reforms; title: Ruling parties, organized labor, and transitions to democracy : Poland and  Czechoslovakia; title: Ruling parties, organized labor, and continued authoritarianism : Egypt and Mexico; title: Labor and privatization in Poland; title: Labor and privatization in Egypt; title: Labor and privatization in the Czech Republic and Mexico.