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Pete, Boswell (2019)

Labour Discipline Before And After Neoliberalism - Tracing The Global, National And Local In Taiwan's Industrial Relations

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

Political liberalization following the lifting of Martial Law in Taiwan in 1987 was vital in the gradual decline of authoritarianism on the island. While the KMT previously managed Taiwan through a system of corporatist control, the advent of pluralism saw a decline of the ruling party, a disintegration of authoritarian state institutions and the increased implementation of neoliberal policies to restructure the Taiwanese economy. In taking on a comparative perspective between the causes of labour discipline before and after political liberalization in Taiwan, this paper will argue that variegated interests and processes established neoliberalism in Taiwan, shifting the causes of labour discipline away from state-cooptation towards precarious and insecure employment relationships.

Industrial relations

Labour movements

neoliberalism

variegated neoliberalism

international political economy

east asia

asian studies

Author

Pete, Boswell

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Global Political Economy

Supervisors

Gonzalez-Vicente, Ruben

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en