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Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa, 1985-1997 |
 Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster (editors)(New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 2000)
Language: English ISBN-10: 031222253X ISBN-13: 978-0312222536 DESCRIPTION: Labour has been a neglected actor in the literature on democratization. In South Africa it has played a central role in shaping the transition to democracy, though it remains an open questions whether labour can sustain this involvement during the period of consolidation. As elsewhere, economic liberalization can lead to stagnation and can impose high costs on working people, while weakening the state. 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. --Taken from the inside cover of the book TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Maps Introduction: Consolidating Democracy in a Liberalizing World – Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa by Eddie Webster and Glenn Adler 1. Trade Unions in Transitions to Democracy in South Africa, Spain and Brazil by Derek de Villiers and Mark Anstey 2. Labour in South Africa’s Transition to Democracy: Concertation in a Third World Setting by Jeremy Baskin 3. Growth, Structure and Power in the South African Union Movement by Ian Macun 4. Trade Union Organization and Capacity in the 1990s: Continuities, Changes and Challenges for PPWAWU by Sakhela Buhlungu 5. From the Politics of Resistance to the Politics of Reconstruction?: The Union and “Ungovernability” in the Workplace by Karl von Holdt 6. The Tripartite Alliance on the Eve of a New Millennium: COSATU, the ANC and the SACP by P.G. Eidelberg 7. Shoot Anything That Flies, Claim Anything That Falls: Labour and the Changing Definition of the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Graeme A. Götz 8. Power in Partnership? Trade Unions, Forums and the Transition by Steven Friedman and Mark Shaw Bibliography Index List of Tables 1.1 Pacts in Spain (1977-86) 3.1 Employment, union membership and density, 1979-94 3.2 Rate of change of union density, 1980-93 3.3 Number of trade unions and federations, 1980-94 3.4 Union federations, number of affiliates and membership, 1994 3.5 Specialist coordinating groups, number of affiliates and membership, 1994 |
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