Labour relations in development / / edited by Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Marieke Riethof

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 331/.09172/4
• Soggetto topico: Industrial relations - Developing countries
• Altri autori: Fernandez JilbertoA. E (Alex E.) RiethofMarieke <1974->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Labour Relations in Development; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Labour relations in the era of globalization and neo-liberal reforms: Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Marieke Riethof; 2. Labour in the era of globalization: André Mommen; 3. Political economy of growth in Russia: Vladimir Popov; 4. Institutionalizing capitalism: changing labour market institutions in Hungary after state socialism: Maarten Keune; 5. Continuity in change: social consequences of economic reform in Romania: Paul Blokker ; 6. Ukraine: changing work conditions in a neo-patrimonial society: Hans van Zon7. Russia's regional labour markets: coping with the pressures of globalisation: Andrey S. Makarychev; 8. Labour relations in transition: labour-intensive industries in Macau: Inês Trigo de Sousa; 9. Indonesian labour and the challenges of globalization (1966-2001): J. Thomas Lindblad; 10. Institutionalizing labour throughout Argentina's 'second great transformation': Claudia Sanchez Bajo; 11. Responses of the Brazilian labour movement to privatization: Marieke Riethof ; 12. Neo-liberalization of industrial relations: the case of Chile: Alex E. Fernández Jilberto13. The condition of labour in the new Cuban economic model: Antonio Carmona Báez; 14. Union responses to privatization: lessons from the Mexican case: Claudia Báez-Camargo; 15. Structural adjustment and trade unions in Africa: the case of Ghana: Piet Konings; 16. The forces of globalization and labour in Africa: the case of Mali: Diana van Stijn; 17. Labour and Ghana's debt burden: the democratization of dependency: Kwame Nimako; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This timely and well-written collection explores the impact of economic reforms in developing and transitional economies across the world. In a first of its kind, this book examines such issues as:* in-depth, cross-regional analysis of the pressures for global integration* labour costs and their determinants: crucial factors in the success of economic strategies in attracting investment* how wage levels, poverty and the important role of workers as part of a civil society are linked with the consequences of global integration.This important book is essential reading for all tho
• Titolo autorizzato: Labour relations in development
• ISBN: 1-134-44642-X; 0-429-23422-8; 1-134-44643-8; 1-280-09912-7; 0-203-52233-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806815103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 27.