State, labor, and the transition to a market economy : Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic /

State, labor, and the transition to a market economy : Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Paczyńska, Agnieszka, 1967-
Imprint:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009.
Description:	xiii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Capitalism -- Cross-cultural studies. Privatization -- Cross-cultural studies. Labor unions -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies. Political culture -- Cross-cultural studies. Industrial relations -- Cross-cultural studies. Capitalism. Industrial relations. Labor unions -- Political activity. Political culture. Privatization. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7681048

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ISBN:	9780271034362 (cloth : alk. paper) 027103436X (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-255) and index.
Summary:	"Explores what facilitates or hinders social group attempts to influence the process of economic restructuring and reconstruction of state-society relations by focusing on organized labor's response to privatization of the public sector during the first decade of reforms. Compares Poland, Egypt, Mexico and the Czech Republic"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction
1. Parties, Unions, and Economic Reforms
2. Ruling Parties, Organized Labor, and Transitions to Democracy: Poland and Czechoslovakia
3. Ruling Parties, Organized Labor, and Continued Authoritarianism: Egypt and Mexico
4. Labor and Privatization in Poland
5. Labor and Privatization in Egypt
6. Labor and Privatization in the Czech Republic and Mexico
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index