State, Labor, Capital

Reviews / Votes

Offers one of the best and most complete discussions of the role played by labor, capital, and the state in a democratic setting and clarifies the meaning and importance of much debated notions such as democracy, class compromise, regime type, state structure, and collective action. * Aldo C. Vacs, Skidmore College * Scholarship of the highest order. . . . a path-breaking book that will make a major impact on the way scholars think about democracy and class conflict in Latin America and elsewhere. * William C. Smith, author of <i>Jacques Delors and European Integration</i> * [Buchanan] offers an in-depth examination of the changes in national labor administrations (which comprise not only labor ministries but also policies that affect labor) during the transitions to democracy in the 1980s in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. * <i>American Political Science Review</i> * Buchanan has contributed a welcome addition to the literature on Latin American democracy, which has tended to ignore labour, by offering a thorough, scholarly, and insightful treatment of a well-delineated and important topic. * <i>Latin American Studies</i> * Buchanan's book is an important contribution to the study of democracy and labor politics in Latin America. It not only incorporates class issues into the study of democratization but also affords a comprehensive overview of labor administration apparatuses in Latin America. * <i>Comparative Politics</i> *