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When solidarity works, labor-civic networks and welfare states in the market reform era, Cheol-Sung Lee

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When solidarity works, labor-civic networks and welfare states in the market reform era, Cheol-Sung Lee

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When solidarity works

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

960643215

Responsibility statement

Cheol-Sung Lee

Series statement

Structural analysis in the social sciences, 41Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

labor-civic networks and welfare states in the market reform era

Summary

Why do some labor movements successfully defend the welfare state even under the pressures of neo-liberal market reform? Why do some unions (and their allied parties and civic associations) succeed in building more universal and comprehensive social policy regimes, while others fail to do so? In this innovative work, Cheol-Sung Lee explores these conundrums through a comparative historical analysis of four countries: Argentina, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan. He introduces the notion of 'embedded cohesiveness' in order to develop an explanatory model in which labor-civic solidarity and union-political party alliance jointly account for outcomes of welfare state retrenchment as well as welfare state expansion. Lee's exploration of the critical roles of civil society and social movement processes in shaping democratic governance and public policies make this ideal for academic researchers and graduate students in comparative politics, political sociology and network analysis.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Revisiting the theories of welfare states in developing countries -- Theoretical discussion: the structures of associational networks and labor politics -- The origin of top-down solidarity in South Korea -- Embeddedness, cohesiveness, and the politics of social policy expansion in South Korea: universal vs. selective reforms -- The survival and decline of embeddedness under retrenchment drives: the politics of retrenchment under market reforms -- Comparative case studies I: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in Argentina and Brazil -- Comparative case studies II: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in South Korea and Taiwan -- Comparative case studies III: associational networks and welfare states in Argentina, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan -- Conclusion

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