The Politics of Labor Reform in Latin America - Between Flexibility and Rights

About the author

Maria Lorena Cook is Associate Professor in the Department of Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History and the Department of International and Comparative Labor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She is the author of Organizing Dissent: Unions, the State, and the Democratic Teachers‚ Movement in Mexico (Penn State, 1996).

Summary

During the 1990s, governments, employers, and international agencies pressed for greater flexibility in labor regulations throughout much of Latin America. This comparative study of six Latin American countries shows why these common pressures for flexibility led to varied labor reform outcomes.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Lorena Cook, Maria Lorena (Cornell University) Cook, Cook Maria Lorena
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2009
• EAN: 9780271029306
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02930-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, LAW / Labor & Employment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Employment & Labour Law, Central government policies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment and labour law: general