Continuity Despite Change: The Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America (Social Science History)

Synopsis

As The Dust Settles On Nearly Three Decades Of Sweeping Economic Reform In Latin America, One Policy Area Has Proven Surprisingly Resistant To Change: Labor Regulation. Laws Governing Worker Contracts And Labor Union Activity Largely Continue To Reflect Economic And Political Bargains Struck Nearly A Century Before. In Continuity Despite Change, Matthew Carnes Develops An Explanation For These Remarkably Persistent Labor Law Regimes, As Well As For The Considerable Variation Among Them. Employing Both Cross-national Statistical Evidence From The Eighteen Major Latin American Economies, And Historical Accounts Of Labor Law Development And Reform In Chile, Peru, And Argentina, He Describes How Two Factors -- The Distribution Of Workers' Skills And The Organizational Capacity Of Labor -- Have Shaped And Constrained Legal Developments. His Findings Provide An Important New Perspective On Labor's Evolving Political Role In The Face Of Globalization. -- Back Cover. Introduction : Continuity Despite Change -- Explaining Enduring Labor Codes In Developing Countries : Skill Distributions And The Organizational Capacity Of Labor -- Using Multiple Methods To Understand Labor Law Development In Latin America -- Latin American Labor Laws In Comparative Perspective -- Fragmented Individualism : Professional Labor Regulation In Chile -- Contradictions, Divisions, And Competition : Encompassing Labor Regulation In Peru -- Integration And Incorporation : Corporatist Labor Regulation In Argentina. Matthew E. Carnes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.