Labour relations in development / edited by Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Marieke Riethof.

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TextSeries: Routledge studies in development economics ; 27.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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0203522338
9780203522332
9780415287074
0415287073
9786610099122
661009912X
9781134446438
1134446438
9781134446384
1134446381
9781134446421
113444642X
0429234228
9780429234224
1280099127
9781280099120

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HD8943 .L336 2002eb

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1. Labour relations in the era of globalization and neo-liberal reforms / Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Marieke Riethof -- 2. Labour in the era of globalization / André Mommen -- 3. Political economy of growth in Russia / Vladimir Popov -- 4. Institutionalizing capitalism : changing labour market institutions in Hungary after state socialism / Maarten Keune -- 5. Continuity in change : social consequences of economic reform in Romania / Paul Blokker -- 6. Ukraine : changing work conditions in a neo-patrimonial society / Hans Van Zon -- 7. Russia's regional labour markets : coping with the pressures of globalization / Andrey S. Makarychev -- 8. Labour relations in transition : labour-intensive industries in Macau / Inês Trigo de Sousa -- 9. Indonesian labour and the challenges of globalization (1966-2001) / J. Thomas Lindblad -- 10. Institutionalizing labour throughout Argentina's 'second great transformation' / Claudia Sanchez Bajo -- 11. Responses of the Brazilian labour movement to privatization / Marieke Riethof -- 12. Neo-liberalization of industrial relations : the case of Chile / Alex E. Fernández Jilberto -- 13. The condition of labour in the new Cuban economic model / Antonio Carmona Báez -- 14. Union responses to privatization : lessons from the Mexican case / Claudia Báez-Camargo -- 15. Structural adjustment and trade unions in Africa : the case of Ghana / Piet Konings -- 16. The forces of globalization and labour in Africa : the case of Mali / Diana Van Stijn -- 17. Labour and Ghana's debt burden : the democratization of dependency / Kwame Nimako.

Summary: Annotation 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 economic strategies in attracting investment * how wage levels, poverty and the important role of workers as part of a civil society are linked with the consequences of global integration. This important book is essential reading for all those involved in labour and development economics as well as being of great interest to policy makers.

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Annotation 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 economic strategies in attracting investment * how wage levels, poverty and the important role of workers as part of a civil society are linked with the consequences of global integration. This important book is essential reading for all those involved in labour and development economics as well as being of great interest to policy makers.

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