LEADER 03821nam 2200613 450 001 9910829097103321 005 20230801231954.0 010 $a0-271-06996-1 010 $a0-271-06269-X 010 $a0-271-06120-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271062693 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060183 035 $a(EBL)3385109 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001168702 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11737093 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168702 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11143861 035 $a(PQKB)11360302 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3385109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224652 035 $a(DE-B1597)584013 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271062693 035 $a(OCoLC)1253313326 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060183 100 $a20201001d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aState, labor, and the transition to a market economy $eEgypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic /$fAgnieszka Paczynska 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-271-03437-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [243]-263) and index. 327 $aParties, unions, and economic reforms -- Ruling parties, organized labor, and transitions to democracy : Poland and Czechoslovakia -- Ruling parties, organized labor, and continued authoritarianism : Egypt and Mexico -- Labor and privatization in Poland -- Labor and privatization in Egypt -- Labor and privatization in the Czech Republic and Mexico. 330 $aIn response to mounting debt crises and macroeconomic instability in the 1980s, many countries in the developing world adopted neoliberal policies promoting the unfettered play of market forces and deregulation of the economy and attempted large-scale structural adjustment, including the privatization of public-sector industries. How much influence did various societal groups have on this transition to a market economy, and what explains the variances in interest-group influence across countries? In this book, Agnieszka Paczy?ska explores these questions by studying the role of organized labor in the transition process in four countries in different regions?the Czech Republic and Poland in eastern Europe, Egypt in the Middle East, and Mexico in Latin America. In Egypt and Poland, she shows, labor had substantial influence on the process, whereas in the Czech Republic and Mexico it did not. Her explanation highlights the complex relationship between institutional structures and the ?critical junctures? provided by economic crises, revealing that the ability of groups like organized labor to wield influence on reform efforts depends to a great extent on not only their current resources (such as financial autonomy and legal prerogatives) but also the historical legacies of their past ties to the state.This new edition features an epilogue that analyzes the role of organized labor uprisings in 2011, the protests in Egypt, the overthrow of Mubarak, and the post-Mubarak regime. 606 $aIndustrial relations$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aLabor unions$xPolitical activity$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPrivatization$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aIndustrial relations 615 0$aLabor unions$xPolitical activity 615 0$aPrivatization 676 $a331 700 $aPaczyn?ska$b Agnieszka$f1967-$01604302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829097103321 996 $aState, labor, and the transition to a market economy$93929080 997 $aUNINA