Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Abstract......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
List of Acronyms......Page 17
1 Unions’ Dilemma: How to Survive Neoliberalism......Page 21
Labor Politics and Market Transitions......Page 23
2 A Theory of Union-Government Interactions......Page 31
A Partisan Theory of Union-Government Interaction......Page 33
Leadership Competition......Page 35
Union Competition......Page 36
Labor-based Parties, Market Reforms, and Union-Government Interactions......Page 37
Research Design: A Multilevel Comparison......Page 40
3 The Populist Past and Its Institutional Legacies......Page 47
The Value of Political Alliances......Page 50
From Seduction to Engagement......Page 51
The Multiparty Democracy and the Venezuelan Union Movement......Page 53
The Institutionalized Revolution and the PRI Monopoly of Mexican Labor Unions......Page 59
The Legacy of  Perón and the Argentine Unions......Page 65
The Legacies of the Alliance......Page 70
4 A Tug of War: Labor Unions and Market Reforms in Venezuela......Page 72
Pérez’s Administration (1989–93): The “Great Turnaround”......Page 76
The Policy Stimulus: Market Reforms......Page 78
Leadership Competition and CTV Opposition......Page 86
Sector-level Analysis: Introducing Variation within the Same Country......Page 92
Summary......Page 105
Conclusion and Epilogue......Page 106
5 Divided We Rule: Labor Unions and Market Reforms in Mexico......Page 112
The Salinas Administration (1988–94): The Neoliberal Revolution......Page 115
The Policy Stimulus: Market Reforms......Page 118
Union Competition and PRI Monopoly......Page 126
Sector-level Analysis: Introducing Variation within the Same Country......Page 130
Conclusion......Page 145
6 From Pickets to Prices: Labor Unions and Market Reforms in Argentina......Page 151
The First Menem Administration (1989–95): From Hyperinflation to Market Reforms......Page 154
The Policy Stimulus: Market Reforms......Page 157
Peronist Identity and Union Cooperation......Page 169
Sector-level Analysis: Introducing Variation within the Same Country......Page 172
Summary......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 187
7 Multilevel Comparison......Page 193
The Comparability of the Case Studies......Page 194
Comparing National Confederations......Page 196
Partisan Loyalties, Leadership Competition, and Union Competition......Page 200
Comparing Sector-specific Unions......Page 203
Telecommunications......Page 204
Electricity......Page 206
Oil......Page 207
Automobiles......Page 209
Education......Page 211
National Patterns......Page 212
Comparing Multilevel Case Studies......Page 213
8 Labor Competition and Partisan Coalitions......Page 216
The Role of Labor on the Bumpy Road to the Market......Page 219
Labor-party Alliances Beyond Market Reforms......Page 221
Bibliography......Page 225
Interviews......Page 257
Index......Page 263