Blunting Neoliberalism: Tripartism and Economic Reforms in the Developing World [Hardcover]

This volume is one of the first books to consider the impact of tripartism across the developing world. It covers 8 case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, focusing on developments since the 1990s. These studies show that tripartism has the effect of reducing the social impact of neoliberal economics reforms.Introduction; L.Fraile & L.Baccaro Tripartism and Economic Reforms in Slovenia and Poland; S.Avdagic Tripartism and Economic Reforms in Singapore and South Korea; S.Kuruvilla & M.Liu Tripartism and Economic Reforms in Uruguay and Chile; G.Falabella & L.Fraile Tripartism and Economic Reforms in South Africa and Zimbabwe; E.Webster & D.Sikwebu

'Blunting Neoliberalism provides a well-informed, comparative analysis of tripartism in developing countries. It is a very original piece of research that develops an innovative and important theory and argument that will be of interest to the broadest scholarship of political economy. In particular, it combines comparative and international political economy and applies them to a new set of empirical issues. The result is an important contribution to both fields of the discipline.' - Marco Simoni, London School of Economics& Political Science, UK

LYDIA FRAILE?is a researcher at the International Institute for Labour Studies of the ILO. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She holds a PhD in Political Science for MIT and a Law degree from the University of Salamanca, Spain. Her research interests are in the fields of comparative political economy, welfare states and industrial relations. Forthcoming publications include Labour and Social Policy in Neo-Liberal Times: Lessons from Latin America, and an edited volume entitled Latinoam?rica: modelos sociales en la encrucijada.