TY - JOUR
T1 - Protective repression, international pressure, and institutional design
T2 - Explaining labor reform in Indonesia
AU - Caraway, Teri L.
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Scholars of comparative politics studying labor reform in developing countries have highlighted variables such as the power of the labor movement, the ordering of reforms, partisan links, and the strength of employer organizations to explain different labor reform outcomes. These variables, however, cannot explain labor's success in Indonesia, where labor reforms both strengthened labor's collective rights and defended against flexibilization. Through an analysis of the process of labor reform in Indonesia, this article stresses the impact of the institutional legacies of authoritarianism and the role of two variables overlooked or underemphasized in current studies-international pressure and institutional design.
AB - Scholars of comparative politics studying labor reform in developing countries have highlighted variables such as the power of the labor movement, the ordering of reforms, partisan links, and the strength of employer organizations to explain different labor reform outcomes. These variables, however, cannot explain labor's success in Indonesia, where labor reforms both strengthened labor's collective rights and defended against flexibilization. Through an analysis of the process of labor reform in Indonesia, this article stresses the impact of the institutional legacies of authoritarianism and the role of two variables overlooked or underemphasized in current studies-international pressure and institutional design.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02686281
DO - 10.1007/BF02686281
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14844353422
SN - 0039-3606
VL - 39
SP - 28
EP - 49
JO - Studies in Comparative International Development
JF - Studies in Comparative International Development
IS - 3
ER -
