@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3136},
      author = {Yi Lu},
      title = {Authoritarian Policies and Industrial Disputes after   Democratization},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2021-08-27},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Do policies made during authoritarian periods still matter  after democratization? This paper attempts to investigate  how might the differences in economic and labor policies  during authoritarian periods contribute to the differing  labor conditions in democratized countries. Based on the  comparative country case study and the statistics of labor  disputes, the paper examines the relationship between the  neoliberal economic policies adopted during the   authoritarian rules and the level of labor disputes after  democratization. Specifically, we argue that some core  policies of the neoliberal reforms, such as the mass  privatization of state-owned enterprises, significantly  reshuffled the labor force employed in the original   enterprises, driving up unemployment and underemployment in  the short-term and disrupting  the ranks of organized  labor. And in combination of labor policies that prohibited  the right to collective action, neoliberal policies adopted  during the authoritarian periods would greatly undermine  the forces of organized labor, contributing to fewer  industrial disputes after  democratization.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3136},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3136},
}