Shop Floor Politics and Labor Movements
Democratization in Brazil and South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mine Eder (Department of International Affairs, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 97219, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 3-31 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089692059702300201 |
| OpenAlex | W2130648473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
The literature on democratic transitions has largely overlooked the role of labor and the micro foundations of labor mobilization in the democratization process. Based on the comparative analysis of labor-management relations, organization of production, and social struggles at the shop floor in two late-industrializing countries, this paper examines the reasons behind increased labor mobilization in Brazil in the early 1980s and South Korea in post-1987. It argues that increased solidarity and mobilization among the workers was a result of arduous work regimes at the shop floor, strict managerial control, and, in the case of South Korea, 'company paternalism.' While patterns of authoritarian industrialization and relative deprivation of the industrial workers created a fertile ground for labor mobilization, it was the changing labor-management interactions at the shop floor and the growing influence of workplace organizations that strengthened the labor movements in both countries. After taking on the employers, workers could then challenge the state, thus playing a growing role in the process of democratization
Authoritarianism · Collective bargaining · Decentralization · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Industrialisation · Labor history · Labor relations · Labour economics · Management · Market economy · Mobilization · Paternalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Solidarity · Wage · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Labor Movements and Unions · Industrial Relations
The Workers` Party and Democratization in Brazil
Democracy and the Market
The Brazilian Corporative State and Working-Class Politics
Capitalist Development and Democracy
Manufacturing Militance
Beneath the Miracle
The Brazilian Corporative State and Working-Class Politics
The politics of production
The Rise of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism in South Korea
Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective
Labor Movements in Transitions to Democracy
Working Class Strategies in the Transition to Democracy in Brazil
Grassroots Organizations, Trade Unions, and the Church
South Korea
South Korea
Challenging Transition Theory
The Labor Process and Capital Mobility
Market, Culture, and Authority
Middle classes, democratization, and class formation
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |