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Miracle for whom? : Chilean workers under free trade

Title
Miracle for whom? : Chilean workers under free trade / Janine Berg.
Author
Berg, Janine.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description
xii, 194 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
New political economy
Uniform Title
New political economy (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  • Unskilled labor > Chile
  • Wage differentials > Chile
  • Free trade > Chile
  • Cosmetics industry > Chile > Employees
  • Agricultural processing industry workers > Chile
  • Vrijhandel
  • Arbeidsomstandigheden
  • Loondifferentiatie
  • Chile > Foreign economic relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Why has Inequality Increased Under Globalization? -- Chapter 3. Working in Chile: Reform, Repression and Flexibility since 1973 -- Chapter 4. Foreign Competition, Corporate Strategies and Wage Suppression in the Cosmetics Industry -- Chapter 5. When Moving Up the Value Chain Isn't Enough: Temporary Labor in Chile's Agroindustry -- Chapter 6. Rent-Hoarding in an Open Economy: The Effects of Free Trade on Low-Skilled Chilean Workers -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0415976332
  • 9780415976336
LCCN
  • 2005021112
  • 99818697153
OCLC
  • 61151568
  • ocm61151568
  • SCSB-5924307
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries