Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
β Scribed by Jon Kraus (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 305
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Trade Unions in Africaβs Democratic Renewal and Transitions: An Introduction....Pages 1-33
Labor, Democracy, and Development in Senegal....Pages 35-59
Labor Unions and βDemocratic Forcesβ in Niger....Pages 61-82
Trade Unions, Democratization, and Economic Crises in Ghana....Pages 83-121
Trade Unions, Development, and Democratization in Zambia: The Continuing Struggle....Pages 123-156
Trade Union Struggles for Autonomy and Democracy in Zimbabwe....Pages 157-197
Organized Labor in the Republic of South Africa: History and Democratic Transition....Pages 199-227
βNothing to Lose but Their Subordination to the Stateβ? Trade Unions in Namibia Fifteen Years after Independence....Pages 229-254
Conclusion: Trade Unions and Democratization in Africa....Pages 255-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-296
β¦ Subjects
African Politics; Development Policy; African Culture; International Economics; Democracy; Human Rights
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