When solidarity works : labor-civic networks and welfare states in the market reform era /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yi, Ch'ŏl-sŭng, 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:	Structural analysis in the social sciences ; 41.
Subjects:	Labor movement > Developing countries. Labor unions > Political activity > Developing countries. Social movements > Developing countries. Solidarity > Developing countries. Welfare state > Developing countries. Developing countries > Social policy. Labor movement. Labor unions > Political activity. Social movements. Social policy. Solidarity. Welfare state. Developing countries.

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.