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050		4	_aHB501 _b.P128 2012
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100	1		_aPaczyńska, Agnieszka, _d1967-, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aState, labor, and the transition to a market economy _h[electronic resource] : _bEgypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic / _cAgnieszka Paczyńska.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : _bPennsylvania State University Press, _c[2012] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (276 pages))
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [243]-263) and index.
505	0		_aList 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 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aIn response to mounting debt crises and macroeconomic instability in the 1980s, many countries in the developing world adopted neoliberal policies promoting the unfettered play of market forces and deregulation of the economy and attempted large-scale structural adjustment, including the privatization of public-sector industries. How much influence did various societal groups have on this transition to a market economy, and what explains the variances in interest-group influence across countries? In this book, Agnieszka Paczyńska explores these questions by studying the role of organized labor in the transition process in four countries in different regions -- the Czech Republic and Poland in eastern Europe, Egypt in the Middle East, and Mexico in Latin America. In Egypt and Poland, she shows, labor had substantial influence on the process, whereas in the Czech Republic and Mexico it did not. Her explanation highlights the complex relationship between institutional structures and the "critical junctures" provided by economic crises, revealing that the ability of groups like organized labor to wield influence on reform efforts depends to a great extent on not only their current resources (such as financial autonomy and legal prerogatives) but also the historical legacies of their past ties to the state.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aIndustrial relations _vCross-cultural studies.
650		0	_aLabor unions _xPolitical activity _vCross-cultural studies.
650		0	_aPrivatization _vCross-cultural studies.
650		0	_aCapitalism _vCross-cultural studies.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780271034362
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780271061207/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34523 _d34523