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Author Amengual, Matthew, author.

Title Politicized Enforcement in Argentina : Labor and Environmental Regulation / Matthew Amengual.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (286 pages)
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Summary Countries throughout the world have passed regulations that promise protection for workers and the environment, but violations of these policies are more common than compliance. All too often, limitations of state capacity and political will intertwine hindering enforcement. Why do states enforce regulations in some places, and in some industries, but not in others? In Politicized Enforcement in Argentina, Amengual develops a framework for analyzing enforcement in middle-income and developing countries, showing how informal linkages between state officials and groups within society allow officials to gain the operational resources and political support necessary for enforcement. This analysis builds on state-society approaches in comparative politics, but in contrast to theories that emphasize state autonomy, it focuses on key differences in the way states are porous to political influence.
Contents Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; Acknowledgments ; 1 Introduction: the challenge of enforcement ; Uneven states and weak institutions ; Explaining enforcement ; Argument in brief: an alternative explanation of enforcement ; Scope conditions
Main contributions Labor and environmental regulation ; Plan of the book ; 2 Explaining enforcement of labor and environmental regulations ; Explaining enforcement ; Political support ; State capacity for enforcement ; Limitations of dominant approaches
An alternative explanation for enforcement Linkages ; Administrative resources ; Patterns of enforcement ; Revisions of main hypotheses from the literature ; Methods -- a subnational approach ; Regulatory politics in Argentina ; Subnational approach ; Data ; Conclusion
Part I Labor regulation 3 Labor regulation in Argentina ; Strong laws, weak compliance ; Unions, businesses, and partisan politics ; Decentralized labor administration ; Provincial pathways to enforcement ; Córdoba and Tucumán: partisan alliances with neo-corporatist unions
Santa Fe and the Federal Capital: transitions and non-partisan based enforcement Conclusion ; 4 Enforcement with unions in the driver's seat ; Córdoba -- enforcement with union allies ; Brick-making industry in Córdoba: extreme violations and low levels of enforcement
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Subject Administrative agencies -- Argentina.
Administrative agencies.
Argentina.
Environmental agencies -- Argentina.
Environmental agencies.
Labor laws and legislation -- Argentina.
Labor laws and legislation.
Labor policy -- Argentina.
Labor policy.
Environmental law -- Argentina.
Environmental policy -- Argentina -- Citizen participation.
Environmental law.
Industrial laws and legislation -- Argentina.
Environmental policy.
Industrial policy -- Argentina.
Political participation.
Industrial laws and legislation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
Industrial policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781107135833
ISBN 9781316476901 (electronic book)
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