CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | De Gaspi, Renato Henrique |
|---|---|
| Title | Drifting Apart: crises, social bloc realignment, and industrial relations in Brazil and Mexico (1994-2012) |
| Summary | This thesis is an exploration of the political aspects of labour regulation reform in Brazil and Mexico during the period of 1994 to 2012. Although literature on the matter is vast, the static aspect of some interpretations seems to be inadequate to understand the dynamic and politicized context of Latin American economies. As such, the current work presents a theoretical framework based on the writings of Bruno Amable (2017) about Dominant Social Blocs, and aims to construct an explanation of labour regulation reforms in the two countries according to the relative power of capital and labour in moments of different political leaderships. Through an analysis of literature, and utilizing descriptive statistics, the thesis finds that the relative power of labour and capital depends on the relative power dynamics of the two camps, and on political leaderships that manage to broker between conflicting interests in their supporting social bloc. This factor, in turn, influences the direction of industrial relations during the period, showing the importance of politics, and the dynamic nature of policy-making in Latin America. |
| Supervisor | Greskovits, Béla |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/de-gaspi_renato.pdf |
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