04214nam 2200613 450 991080923040332120230803203509.00-8047-9242-910.1515/9780804792424(CKB)3710000000148489(SSID)ssj0001263437(PQKBManifestationID)11835064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001263437(PQKBWorkID)11221624(PQKB)10717790(StDuBDS)EDZ0000986037(MiAaPQ)EBC1719954(DE-B1597)563904(DE-B1597)9780804792424(Au-PeEL)EBL1719954(CaPaEBR)ebr10894682(OCoLC)923709076(OCoLC)1178769791(EXLCZ)99371000000014848920140722h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrContinuity despite change the politics of labor regulation in Latin America /Matthew E. CarnesStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (xv, 238 pages) illustrations (black and white)Social Science HistoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-8943-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Tables and Figures --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction: Continuity Despite Change --Chapter 1. Explaining Enduring Labor Codes in Developing Countries: Skill Distributions and the Organizational Capacity of Labor --Chapter 2. Using Multiple Methods to Understand Labor Law Development in Latin America --Chapter 3. Latin American Labor Laws in Comparative Perspective --Chapter 4. Fragmented Individualism: Professional Labor Regulation in Chile --Chapter 5. Contradictions, Divisions, and Competition: Encompassing Labor Regulation in Peru --Chapter 6. Integration and Incorporation: Corporatist Labor Regulation in Argentina --Conclusion: Politics and Labor Regulation in Latin America --Notes --References --IndexAs the dust settles on nearly three decades of economic reform in Latin America, one of the most fundamental economic policy areas has changed far less than expected: labor regulation. To date, Latin America's labor laws remain both rigidly protective and remarkably diverse. Continuity Despite Change develops a new theoretical framework for understanding labor laws and their change through time, beginning by conceptualizing labor laws as comprehensive systems or "regimes." In this context, Matthew Carnes demonstrates that the reform measures introduced in the 1980's and 1990's have only marginally modified the labor laws from decades earlier. To explain this continuity, he argues that labor law development is constrained by long-term economic conditions and labor market institutions. He points specifically to two key factors—the distribution of worker skill levels and the organizational capacity of workers. Carnes presents cross-national statistical evidence from the eighteen major Latin American economies to show that the theory holds for the decades from the 1980's to the 2000's, a period in which many countries grappled with proposed changes to their labor laws. He then offers theoretically grounded narratives to explain the different labor law configurations and reform paths of Chile, Peru, and Argentina. His findings push for a rethinking of the impact of globalization on labor regulation, as economic and political institutions governing labor have proven to be more resilient than earlier studies have suggested.Social science history.Labor laws and legislationLatin AmericaLabor policyLatin AmericaLabor laws and legislationLabor policy344.801Carnes Matthew E.1970-1613301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809230403321Continuity despite change3942501UNINA