State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy by Agnieszka Paczyska

State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy by Agnieszka Paczyska

Explores what facilitates or hinders social group attempts to influence the process of economic restructuring and reconstruction of state-society relations by focusing on organized labor's response to privatization of the public sector during the first decade of reforms. Compares Poland, Egypt, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

“In explaining the variation in the ability of labor organizations to determine the nature and pace of privatization design and implementation, Paczyńska thoughtfully examines the historical legacies of state-labor interactions and shows how past interactions influenced the resources available to labor when lobbying for particular strategies of structural reformScholars of privatization, labor politics, postcommunist transition, and structural adjustment will all value the clarity and empirical richness of this work.”

—Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College

“In this ambitious and innovative study, Paczyńska draws upon an unusual pairing of very different countries—Poland and Egypt, Mexico and the Czech Republic—to produce an important addition to the comparative literature on organized labor and market reform.”

—Maria Lorena Cook, Cornell University

Agnieszka Paczyńska is Associate Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.

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ISBN 13	9780271034379
ISBN 10	0271034378
Title	State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy
Author	Agnieszka Paczyska
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2012-11-15
Number of pages	292
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