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dc.contributor.authorDuran-Palma, F
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, A
dc.contributor.authorKorczynski, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:09:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:09:39Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0958519042000295957
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/16795
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the direction and degree of labour reform in Chile since the restoration of democracy in 1990 after seventeen years of military dictatorship. The regime of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-90) adopted a highly repressive political character and implemented neo-liberal economic policies, which, together with the institutional restructuring that accompanied them, transformed vast sectors of Chilean society. The 1979 Labour Plan significantly changed the character of industrial relations legislation and the roles and balance of power among social actors, transforming the way in which industrial relations had been conducted since the 1920s. We argue that, despite more than a decade since the restoration of democracy, and after several rounds of reform, the current legislation presents remarkable continuity with the one enacted under authoritarianism, contradicting claims that profound change has been achieved. In attempting to explain the direction and degree of the so-called Transition's Labour Reforms, we emphasize the importance of political-economy approaches. We explore the conservative nature of the Chilean transition to democracy, the continuity of the neo-liberal economic model and the increasing imbalance of power between capital and labour, in an effort to account for the persistence of the authoritarian legacy in today's Chilean industrial relations.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom65
dc.relation.ispartofpageto89
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleLabour reform in a neo-liberal 'protected' democracy: Chile 1990-2001
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2005 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Journal of the Human Resource Management, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-89. The International Journal of Human Resource Management is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article..
gro.date.issued2015-05-12T05:11:36Z
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gro.griffith.authorWilkinson, Adrian J.


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