Preauthoritarian Institutions and Postauthoritarian Outcomes: Labor Politics in Chile and Uruguay |
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| Authors: | Paul G Buchanan |
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| Institution: | 1. Writes about international and comparative politics. He has taught at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey;2. the Institute of International Studies, University of Arizona;3. New College;4. and the University of Auckland. buchanan@primary.geek.nz |
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| Abstract: | The article argues that preauthoritarian institutions have strongly influenced postauthoritarian labor politics in Chile and Uruguay. The nature of preauthoritarian labor administration—state corporatist in Chile, pluralist in Uruguay—had a strong impact on postauthoritarian collective outcomes, whether or not they were modified by the dictators or the ideological disposition of the postauthoritarian governments. Variation in preauthoritarian labor politics between Chile and Uruguay gave historical foundation to different union fortunes in the postauthoritarian era. That result points to the contemporary influence of preauthoritarian institutions, with or without authoritarian modifiers. |
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