Labor Relations in New Democracies East Asia, Latin America, and Europe [Paperback]

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.Industrial Relations after the Third Wave Democratization and Socio-Economic Security Labor Market Regulation and Industrial Conflict: An Empirical Baseline Labour Market Regulation and Social Dialogue: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Protest and Social Dialogue in South Korea, 1987-2006 Protest and Social Dialogue in Democratic Chile, 1988-2006 Participation, Flexibility, and the Future of the Third Wave

In his ambitious book, Jos? Alem?n seeks to assess what the third wave of democratization has meant for labor unions and workers . . . The result is a rich mixture of findings and suggestions that represent a real contribution to the study of labor politics in the post ColdWar era . . . Much of the story is inspired by fascinating case studies of Korea and Chile . . . Beyond the case studies, Aleman draws on a range of quantitative and qualitative techniques to demonstrate the relationships among political inclusion, labor market regulation, unit labor costs, and industrial conflict across the globe. The results are highly suggestive. -Perspectives on Politics

While labour plays an important role in many accounts of democratisation, we know very little about how it has fared in the aftermath of democracy's 'Third Wave'. And while scholars have long studied the various effects of neo-corporatism in Western Europe, we know equally little about corporatism and its effects in new democracies. Jos? Alem?n's Labor Relations in New Democracies: East Asia, Latin America and Europe is an important contribution to filling these gaps. . . Alem?n should be applauded, particularly for creating a novel data set of social pacts, and more generally for his close attention to questions of mel3Å