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'Striking Differences'? Labor and the Political Economy of Protest in New Democracies
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Protest and Social Concertation
Jose Aleman
'Striking Differences'? Labor and the Political Economy of Protest in New
Democracies
José Alemán
Political Science Department
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
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Abstract. Some new democracies have endured recurrent instability since their transition to democracy. On the other side one finds countries that have had more success in consolidating stable democratic institutions. What explains this variation? In this paper, I analyze the relationship between labor militancy and wage setting institutions in twenty-two new democracies (1994-2000). Over the last two decades, this type of policy coordination, which involves government, employers and labor representatives, has featured prominently in processes of democratic transition and consolidation. My analysis shows that union participation in wage setting provides organized labor an institutionalized voice, thereby mitigating overall and particularly violent protests. The benefits of policy concertation, moreover, increase over time as polity durability moderates violent labor protests.
Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, September 1-4, 2005, Washington D.C.
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Protest and Social Concertation
Jose Aleman
'Striking Differences'? Labor and the Political Economy of Protest in New
Democracies
José Alemán
Political Science Department
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
## email not listed ##
Abstract. Some new democracies have endured recurrent instability since their transition
to democracy. On the other side one finds countries that have had more success in
consolidating stable democratic institutions. What explains this variation? In this paper, I
analyze the relationship between labor militancy and wage setting institutions in twenty-
two new democracies (1994-2000). Over the last two decades, this type of policy
coordination, which involves government, employers and labor representatives, has
featured prominently in processes of democratic transition and consolidation. My
analysis shows that union participation in wage setting provides organized labor an
institutionalized voice, thereby mitigating overall and particularly violent protests. The
benefits of policy concertation, moreover, increase over time as polity durability
moderates violent labor protests.
Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, September 1-4, 2005, Washington D.C.
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