Democratization, Economic Liberalization, and Labor Politics

Mexico and Korea

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2299447
AutoresNora Hamilton, Sunhyuk Kim (0000-0002-3298-3510)
Año2004
Volumen3
Número1
Páginas67-91
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/1569133041513765
OpenAlexW2088832090
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4

This study examines the impact of economic liberalization and democratization on labor politics in Mexico and Korea and the strategies labor has evolved in response to these changes. It begins with an overview of the pre-transition period in the two countries with particular emphasis on the distinct patterns of state-labor relations that emerged in each and their impact on the respective labor movements. The following section focuses on the effects of economic liberalization and democratization on labor and the response of labor in each country. The comparative section identifies and analyzes the similarities and differences in the ways in which economic and political reform has affected the labor movements and compares the strategies of labor. We suggest two sets of factors to explain these effects and differences: the characteristics of the respective labor movements and state-labor relations that had emerged as a result of pre-transition historical developments in the two countries; and the dynamics of the transition process itself, particularly the relative significance, sequence, and timing of political and economic liberalization

Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic liberalization · Economic system · Economics · Labor relations · Labour economics · Liberalization · Market economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Asian Industrial and Economic Development