Trade unions and democratization in South Africa, 1985-97

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Title:

Author:

Webster, Eddie.

ISBN:

9780312222536

Publication Information:

Houndmills : Basingstoke, 2000.

Physical Description:

xvii, 238 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

International political economy series

Series Title:

International political economy series

Contents:

Introduction: Consolidating Democracy in a Liberalizing World - Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa / Eddie Webster and Glenn Adler -- 1. Trade Unions in Transitions to Democracy in South Africa, Spain and Brazil / Derek de Villiers and Mark Anstey -- 2. Labour in South Africa's Transition to Democracy: Concertation in a Third World Setting / Jeremy Baskin -- 3. Growth, Structure and Power in the South African Union Movement / Ian Macun -- 4. Trade Union Organization and Capacity in the 1990s: Continuities, Changes and Challenges for PPWAWU / Sakhela Buhlungu -- 5. From the Politics of Resistance to the Politics of Reconstruction? The Union and "Ungovernability" in the Workplace / Karl von Holdt -- 6. The Tripartite Alliance on the Eve of a New Millennium: COSATU, the ANC and the SACP / P. G. Eidelberg -- 7. Shoot Anything That Flies, Claim Anything That Falls: Labour and the Changing Definition of the Reconstruction and Development Programme / Graeme A. Gotz.

8. Power in Partnership? Trade Unions, Forums and the Transition / Steven Friedman and Mark Shaw.

Abstract:

"The writings in this volume see labour as a collective actor capable of shaping democratization through the strategic use of power. Labour has the potential, through participation in negotiated compromises, to ensure that the costs of adjustments are not borne by workers alone. To this end, the South African movement has developed innovative strategies and institutions. The book examines labour's capacity to exert such influence in the future. The findings suggest that labour's marginalization could put at risk the consolidation of democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Labor unions -- South Africa.

Democracy -- South Africa.

Added Author:

Webster, Eddie.

Adler, Glenn, 1958-

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The writings in this volume see the South African labor movement as an actor capable of shaping democratization. Through the strategic use of power, labor has reconfigured democratization through negotiated compromises, attempting to ensure that the costs of adjustment are not borne by workers alone. Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa examines these strategies and practices and assesses labor's capacity to exert influence in the future. The findings suggest that labor's marginalization would put at risk the consolidation of democracy.