
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index
- Other books in the series
2 - Trade Liberalization Around the World: Cross-National Quantitative Tests
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index
- Other books in the series
Summary
This chapter tests my argument that the more democracies used labor repression to weaken union opposition, the more they moved toward free trade. It uses quantitative data on tariffs, democracy, and respect for labor rights from 126 developing countries from 1985 to 2010.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Opening Up by Cracking DownLabor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries, pp. 29 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022