000003136 001__ 3136 000003136 005__ 20250425034236.0 000003136 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.3136 000003136 037__ $$aTHESIS$$bThesis 000003136 041__ $$aeng 000003136 245__ $$aAuthoritarian Policies and Industrial Disputes after Democratization 000003136 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago 000003136 269__ $$a2021-08-27 000003136 336__ $$aThesis 000003136 502__ $$bM.A. 000003136 520__ $$aDo policies made during authoritarian periods still matter after democratization? This paper attempts to investigate how might the differences in economic and labor policies during authoritarian periods contribute to the differing labor conditions in democratized countries. Based on the comparative country case study and the statistics of labor disputes, the paper examines the relationship between the neoliberal economic policies adopted during the authoritarian rules and the level of labor disputes after democratization. Specifically, we argue that some core policies of the neoliberal reforms, such as the mass privatization of state-owned enterprises, significantly reshuffled the labor force employed in the original enterprises, driving up unemployment and underemployment in the short-term and disrupting the ranks of organized labor. And in combination of labor policies that prohibited the right to collective action, neoliberal policies adopted during the authoritarian periods would greatly undermine the forces of organized labor, contributing to fewer industrial disputes after democratization. 000003136 542__ $$fCC BY-NC 000003136 6531_ $$aAuthoritarianism 000003136 6531_ $$aLabor issues 000003136 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division 000003136 691__ $$aMA Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) 000003136 7001_ $$aYi Lu$$uUniversity of Chicago 000003136 72012 $$aScott Gehlbach 000003136 72014 $$aYan Xu 000003136 8564_ $$90a0042a7-82f1-4883-94ce-6177aa51c7c4$$s888830$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3136/files/Yi%20Lu%20MA%20Thesis.pdf$$erestricted 000003136 908__ $$aI agree 000003136 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:3136$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pTheses 000003136 983__ $$aThesis