Opening Up by Cracking Down: Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9781108478519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Washington DC) Dean Adam (George Washington University

Opis

Details how democratic developing countries used labor repression to overcome labor union opposition to free trade.

Recenzje

'In Opening Up by Cracking Down, Adam Dean proves that no serious student of international political economy can neglect the crucial role of labor unions – and, even more, of democratic governments' repression of unions – in setting trade policy in new democracies.' Ron Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Open democracies: how labor repression facilitates trade liberalization; 2. Trade liberalization around the world: cross-national quantitative tests; 3. Democracy is not enough: labor rights and trade policy in Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Turkey, and India; 4. India's middle path: preventive arrests and general strikes; 5. Opening Argentina: Menem's repression of the CGT; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.