POLSC 328 - Political Economy of Labor

Credits: 4
An examination of labor unions, collective bargaining, labor regulations and employer organizations across a range of advanced industrial democracies. The combination of widespread global economic competition, de-industrialization and technological advances in production have weakened the influence of labor unions and collective bargaining institutions across cases. Despite these commonalities, there has been a wide range of differing trajectories in labor politics across advanced industrial democracies. We explore cross-national developments over time since the postwar period. In view of the larger debates on liberalization and the political economy of labor, we examine policies and strategies aiming to revive and strengthen collective bargaining institutions as well as those aimed at weakening them.

 

Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.