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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483069303321

Autore

Zepeda Martinez Roberto

Titolo

The Decline of Labor Unions in Mexico during the Neoliberal Period / / by Roberto Zepeda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030657109

3030657108

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America, , 2569-1333

Disciplina

331.880972

Soggetti

Political science

Comparative government

Economic development

Political Science

Comparative Politics

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The decline of labor unions -- Chapter 3: Neoliberalism and organized labor -- Chapter 4. The Rise and Decline of Labor Unions in Mexico: Political and Institutional Factors -- Chapter 5: The restructuring of the corporatist pact -- Chapter 6: The economic performance and labor markets -- Chapter 7: Union Density Trends in Mexico -- Chapter 8. Conclusions. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the most significant factors accounting for the decline of union density during the neoliberal period, focusing on the case of Mexico. Union density, which reflects the representation of labor unions in the employed labor force, is one of the main indicators of union strength. The relation of organized labor with the state and the political system are also considered. The analysis is framed within a structure concentrated on cyclical, structural and political-institutional factors linked to labor union performance. Over the last decades, the transformations brought about by neoliberalism and democratization



reshaped many features of the domestic political and economic model in Mexico. Therefore, an examination of these developments regarding the repercussions of the factors linked to union density decline is crucial. Roberto Zepeda is a full-time researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He prevoiusly was an associate professor in the Department of Politics and the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK, and a professor in international relations at different universities in Mexico. His research focuses on neoliberalism, labor unions, migration, and security as well as the analysis of subnational dynamics in North America.