Adam Dean (Washington DC George Washington University)

Opening Up by Cracking Down

Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries

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Produktbeschreibung

This book develops a novel theory of globalization in developing countries. The author argues that democratic governments used labor repression to overcome union opposition to trade liberalization. The book presents evidence from archival research on Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, India, and Turkey, as well as cross-national quantitative analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781108478519
• ISBN-10: 1108478514
• Artikelnr.: 63689423

Autorenporträt

Adam Dean is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. His first book, From Conflict to Coalition (Cambridge University Press, 2016), was a finalist for the J. David Greenstone Book Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

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.