Labour Relations in Development

by Alex Fernández Jilberto (Editor), Marieke Riethof (Editor)

Overview

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 econo

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134446421
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/22/2002
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Alex Fernández Jilberto, Marieke Riethof

Table of Contents

1. Andracute; Mommen Labour in the Era of Globalization 2. Vladimir Popov Political Economy of Growth in Russia 3. Maarten Keune Institutionalizing Capitalism: Changing Labour Market Institutions in Hungary After State Nationalism 4. Paul Blokker Continuity in Change: Social Consequences of Economic Reform in Romania 5. Hans van Zon Ukraine: Changing Work Conditions in a Neo-Patrimonial Society 6. Andrey S. Makarychev Russia's Regional Labour Markets: Coping with the Pressures of Globalization 7. Incirc;s Trigo de Sousa Labour Relations in Transition: Labour-Intensive Industries in Macau 8. J. Thomas Lindblad Indonesian Labour and the Challenges of Globalization (1966-2001) 9. Claudia Sanchez Bajo Institutionalizing Labour Throughout Argentina's 'Second Great Transformation' 10. Marieke Riethof Responses of the Brazilian Labour Movement to Privatization 11. Alex E. Ferández Jilberto Neo-Liberalization of Industrial Relations: the Case of Chile 12. Antonio Carmona Bacute;z-Camargo The Condition of Labour in the New Cuban Economic Model 13. Claudia Báez-Camargo Union Responses to Privatization: Lessons from the Mexican Case 14. Piet Konings Structural Adjustment and Trade Unions in Africa: the Case of Ghana 15. Diana van Stijn The Forces of Globalization and Labour in Africa: the Case of Mali 16. Kwame Nimako Labour and Ghana's Debt Burden: the Democratization of Dependency