The politics of labor in a global age : continuity and change in late-industralizing and post-socialist economies / / edited by Christopher Candland and Rudra Sil

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 331/.09172/4
• Soggetto topico: Comparative industrial relations; Foreign trade and employment; Globalization - Economic aspects; Industrial relations - Developing countries; Post-communism
• Altri autori: CandlandChristopher SilRudra <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Politics of Labor in Late-industrializing and Post-socialist Economies: New Challenges in a Global Age""; ""Part I: Labor in Late-Industrializing Economies""; ""2. Partisan Loyalty and Union Competition: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Industrial Restructuring in Mexico""; ""3. The Cost of Incorporation: Labor Institutions, Industrial Restructuring, and New Trade Union Strategies in India and Pakistan"" ; ""4. Network Ties and Labor Flexibility in Brazil and Mexico: A Tale of Two Automobile Factories""""5. Globalization, Social Partnership, and Industrial Relations in Ireland""; ""6. Globalization and the Paradigm Shift in Japanese Industrial Relations""; ""Part II: Labor in Post-socialist Economies""; ""7. Transition, Globalization, and Changing Industrial Relations in China""; ""8. Privatization, Labor Politics, and the Firm in Post-Soviet Russia: Non-market Norms, Market Institutions, and the Soviet Legacy"" ; ""9. Globalization in One Country: East Germany between Moral Economy and Political Economy""""10. Corporatist Renaissance in Post-communist Central Europe?""; ""Conclusion""; ""11. Institutional Legacies and the Transformation of Labor: Late-industrializing and Post-socialist Economies in Comparative-Historical Perspective""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume features essays on labour relations at national, local, and workplace levels, as economic and political actors cope with the similar challenges associated with economic adjustment measures and the impact of 'globalization'.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of labor in a global age
• ISBN: 0-19-159892-5; 1-281-98982-7; 9786611989828; 0-19-152898-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808685803321
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