Book Review: Labor Politics in Latin America: Democracy and Worker Organization in the Neoliberal Era . By Paul W. Posner, Viviana Patroni, and Jean François Mayer

Abstract

Book Review: Labor Politics in Latin America: Democracy and Worker Organization in the Neoliberal Era. In the case of Brazil (Chapter 6), labor legislation shifted toward flexible arrangements through the 1990s, although Lula's government moderated some of these measures, for example, by strengthening labor's collective bargaining position. Through these cases, I Labor Politics in Latin America i demonstrates how flexibilization can be imposed through different paths, from a radical change of the labor code to the imposition, at the firm level, of new forms of collective agreements. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of ILR Review is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)