| When Solidarity Works: Labor-Civic Networks and Welfare States in the Market Reform Era Contributor(s): Lee, Cheol-Sung (Author) |
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ISBN: 110717404X ISBN-13: 9781107174047 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 330.126 |
| LCCN: 2016026207 |
| Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.06" W x 9.37" (1.57 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - East Asian |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, Cheol-Sung: - Cheol-Sung Lee is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His research interests lie in comparative welfare states and politics of inequality, and specifically upon the evolution and transformation of modern welfare states. His work has been published in the American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociological Theory, World Politics, and Comparative Political Studies. |