Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism and Union Democracy in Mexico (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context)

Tuman, John P.

ISBN 10: 082645318X / ISBN 13: 9780826453181

Published by Routledge, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry: Restructuring, Corporatism and Union Democracy in Mexico (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082645318X
• ISBN 13: 9780826453181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.

About the Author

John P. Tuman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada. Las Vegas.  He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his B.A. (with high honors) from the University of California, Berkeley