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State, labor, and the transition to a market economy : Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic / Agnieszka Paczyńska

Author
Paczyńska, Agnieszka, 1967-
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012.
Copyright Date
©2012
Edition
Second edition, first pbk. edition [with new epilogue.e].
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)
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Contents
Parties, unions, and economic reforms -- Ruling parties, organized labor, and transitions to democracy : Poland and Czechoslovakia -- Ruling parties, organized labor, and continued authoritarianism : Egypt and Mexico -- Labor and privatization in Poland -- Labor and privatization in Egypt -- Labor and privatization in the Czech Republic and Mexico.
Summary
In response to mounting debt crises and macroeconomic instability in the 1980s, many countries in the developing world adopted neoliberal policies promoting the unfettered play of market forces and deregulation of the economy and attempted large-scale structural adjustment, including the privatization of public-sector industries. How much influence did various societal groups have on this transition to a market economy, and what explains the variances in interest-group influence across countries? In this book, Agnieszka Paczyńska explores these questions by studying the role of organized labor in the transition process in four countries in different regions -- the Czech Republic and Poland in eastern Europe, Egypt in the Middle East, and Mexico in Latin America. In Egypt and Poland, she shows, labor had substantial influence on the process, whereas in the Czech Republic and Mexico it did not. Her explanation highlights the complex relationship between institutional structures and the "critical junctures" provided by economic crises, revealing that the ability of groups like organized labor to wield influence on reform efforts depends to a great extent on not only their current resources (such as financial autonomy and legal prerogatives) but also the historical legacies of their past ties to the state.
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ISBN
9780271062693 (electronic bk.)
027106269X (electronic bk.)
9780271061207
0271061200
0271034378
9780271034379
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
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