Robert J. Alexander

A History of Organized Labor in Panama and Central America (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a pioneering study of the history of organized labor in the Central American republics. It traces the history in the various countries from the early nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses why they appeared, what organizational and ideological tendencies characterized the movement in these countries, the role of collective bargaining, the economic influence of organized labor, as well as the relations of the movement in the individual countries with one another and with the broader labor movement outside of the countries involved in this volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313359033
• Artikelnr.: 37839996

Autorenporträt

ROBERT J. ALEXANDER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country's most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. Organized Labor in Panama 2. Costa Rican Organized
LaborPart I 3. Costa Rican Organized LaborPart II 4. Organized Labor in
Nicaragua 5. Organized Labor in Honduras before 1957 6. Organized Labor in
Honduras after 1957 7. Organized Labor in El Salvador until 1957 8.
Salvadoran Organized Labor after 1967 9. Guatemalan Organized Labor before
June 1954 10. Guatemalan Organized Labor after June 1954 Bibliography