Working through the Past: Labor and Authoritarian Legacies in Comparative Perspective

Synopsis

Democratization In The Developing And Postcommunist World Has Yielded Limited Gains For Labor. Explanations For This Phenomenon Have Focused On The Effect Of Economic Crisis And Globalization On The Capacities Of Unions To Become Influential Political Actors And To Secure Policies That Benefit Their Members. In Contrast, The Contributors To Working Through The Past Highlight The Critical Role That Authoritarian Legacies Play In Shaping Labor Politics In New Democracies, Providing The First Cross-regional Analysis Of The Impact Of Authoritarianism On Labor, Focusing On East And Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, And Latin America. Legacies From The Predemocratic Era Shape Labor’s Present In Ways That Both Limit And Enhance Organized Labor’s Power In New Democracies. Assessing The Comparative Impact On A Variety Of Outcomes Relevant To Labor In Widely Divergent Settings, This Volume Argues That Political Legacies Provide New Insights Into Why Labor Movements In Some Countries Have Confronted The Challenges Of Neoliberal Globalization Better Than Others.--publisher's Website. Strength Amidst Weakness : Legacies Of Labor In Post-suharto Indonesia / Teri L. Caraway -- Labor's Political Representation : Divergent Paths In Korea And Taiwan / Yoonkyung Lee -- Authoritarian Labor Legacies In The Philippines / Jane Hutchison -- The Peculiarities Of Communism And The Emergence Of Weak Unions In Poland / David Ost -- Exceptionalism And Its Limits : The Legacy Of Self-management In The Former Yugoslavia / Marko Grdešić -- Russia's Labor Legacy / Stephen Crowley -- State-corporatist Legacies And Divergent Paths : Argentina And Mexico / Graciela Bensusán And María Lorena Cook -- Your Defensive Fortress : Workers And Vargas's Legacies In Brazil / Adalberto Cardoso -- Living In The Past Or Living With The Past? : Reflections On Chilean Labor Unions Twenty Years Into Democracy / Volker Frank -- Transformation Without Transition : China's Maoist Legacies In Comparative Perspective / Mary E. Gallagher -- Conclusion : The Comparative Analysis Of Regime Change And Labor Legacies / Ruth Berins Collier And Andrés Schipani. Edited By Teri L. Caraway, Maria Lorena Cook, And Stephen Crowley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.