Introduction; 1. Open democracies: how labor repression facilitates trade liberalization; 2. Trade liberalization around the world: cross-national quantitative tests; 3. Democracy is not enough: labor rights and trade policy in Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Turkey, and India; 4. India's middle path: preventive arrests and general strikes; 5. Opening Argentina: Menem's repression of the CGT; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.
Details how democratic developing countries used labor repression to overcome labor union opposition to free trade.
Adam Dean is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. His first book, From Conflict to Coalition (Cambridge University Press, 2016), was a finalist for the J. David Greenstone Book Prize.
'Adam Dean's powerful book on trade liberalization by democratic
developing countries reveals that labor repression is what both
enables open economies and weakens democracy. His is a masterful
and compelling piece of work that enriches our understanding of
development, democracy, and labor unions.' Margaret Levi, Stanford
University
'Developing economies became more open to international trade
during the last three decades, as the number of democracies in the
developing world increased. Adam Dean's fascinating book
significantly enhances our understanding of trade politics by
revealing that democratic governments were more likely to
liberalize their trade regimes when they repressed labor rights.'
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
'Adam Dean's path-breaking work reveals how repressive government
tactics against labor unions and workers were a key element of the
path to trade liberalization. Bold, innovative, and full of lively
prose, this book provides a blueprint for how to study the
political dynamics underlying today's global economy.' Kathleen
McNamara, Georgetown University
'In Opening Up by Cracking Down, Adam Dean proves that no serious
student of international political economy can neglect the crucial
role of labor unions – and, even more, of democratic governments'
repression of unions – in setting trade policy in new democracies.'
Ron Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles
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