Labor and the State: Union Incorporation and Working-Class Politicization in Latin America

To assess corporatist interest intermediation as a mechanism of social control in Venezuela and Mexico, we compare the political attitudes and behavior of workers exposed to corporatist controls to those of other workers. Specifically, the politicization of workers who belong to unions dominated by...

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Published in:Comparative political studies 1986-01, Vol.18 (4), p.395-417
Main Authors: DAVIS, CHARLES L., COLEMAN, KENNETH M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CORPORATISM
Government
Labor
LATIN AMERICA
Legal history
MEXICO
POLITICAL MOVEMENT
Politicization
Politics
STATES
Trade unions
UNION
Unions
VENEZUELA
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Summary:To assess corporatist interest intermediation as a mechanism of social control in Venezuela and Mexico, we compare the political attitudes and behavior of workers exposed to corporatist controls to those of other workers. Specifically, the politicization of workers who belong to unions dominated by hegemonic political parties is compared to that of workers affiliated with “autonomous unions” and to that of nonunionized workers. Using survey data collected in 1979 and 1980, it is found that workers who belong to official unions are not more likely to be system supportive than other workers. This pattern holds in both regime settings and for both strategic and nonstrategic industries. We discuss the implications that these findings have on the renegotiation of incorporative bargains between labor movements and hegemonic parties.
ISSN:0010-4140
1552-3829
DOI:10.1177/0010414086018004001