Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
by Kraus, JonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 12/15/2007
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
This book uniquely depicts the preeminent role that African trade unions played in ousting dictatorships and bringing democracy to many African countries in the 1990s. In the analytical introduction and case studies of major African countries, leading scholars relate how democratic trade unions were critical in launching and sustaining democratization. Working with other societal groups and parties, unions continue to represent the popular classes and invigorate democratic life in these otherwise elite-dominated countries.
Author Biography
Jon Kraus is Professor Political Science, State University of New York Fredonia.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. iv |
| Preface | p. v |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xi |
| Trade Unions in Africa's Democratic Renewal and Transitions: An Introduction | p. 1 |
| Labor, Democracy, and Development in Senegal | p. 35 |
| Labor Unions and "Democratic Forces" in Niger | p. 61 |
| Trade Unions, Democratization, and Economic Crises in Ghana | p. 83 |
| Trade Unions, Development, and Democratization in Zambia: The Continuing Struggle | p. 123 |
| Trade Union Struggles for Autonomy and Democracy in Zimbabwe | p. 157 |
| Organized Labor in the Republic of South Africa: History and Democratic Transition | p. 199 |
| "Nothing to Lose but Their Subordination to the State"? Trade Unions in Namibia Fifteen Years after Independence | p. 229 |
| Conclusion: Trade Unions and Democratization in Africa | p. 255 |
| Contributors | p. 287 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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