Building Power to Shape Labor Policy
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Building Power to Shape Labor Policy

Unions, Employer Associations, and Reform in Neoliberal Chile

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Building Power to Shape Labor Policy

Unions, Employer Associations, and Reform in Neoliberal Chile

About this book

During Chile's shift to neoliberalism, the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet passed a swath of probusiness labor legislation. Subsequent labor reforms by democratically elected progressive administrations have sought to shift power back to workers, but this task has proven difficult. In Building Power to Shape Labor Policy, Pablo PĂ©rez Ahumada explains why. Focusing on reforms to collective labor law, PĂ©rez Ahumada argues that analyzing how both workers and employers mobilize power to influence government policies is crucial for understanding labor reform outcomes. He examines the relational character of power to explain how different types of power—structural, institutional, associational—interact with each other, and proposes a relational understanding of power and how it is balanced among competing social classes. While workers and employers both have a hand in shaping labor law, their influence is not equal. Analysis of recent events in Chile reveals how the balance of power and the lingering effects of neoliberalism manifest in labor reform.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. List of Abbreviations
  7. Introduction. Neoliberalism, Labor Policy Reform, and Power through the Lens of Chile
  8. Chapter 1. Class Interests and Associational Power: A Relational Approach
  9. Chapter 2. The Class Politics of Labor Reform during the Concertación Administrations (1990–2001)
  10. Chapter 3. Associational Power Imbalances and Labor Policy Continuity: The Bachelet Labor Reform (2015–2016)
  11. Chapter 4. The Problematic Construction of Associational Power: The Case of the CUT
  12. Chapter 5. Collective Organization and Employer Power: The Successful Case of the CPC
  13. Chapter 6. Associational Power and Labor Policy Reform in Comparative Perspective: The Cases of Argentina and Uruguay
  14. Conclusion. Rethinking Class Power and Labor Policy in Neoliberal Society
  15. Notes
  16. References
  17. Index

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