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Author Amengual, Matthew, author

Title Politicized Enforcement in Argentina : Labor and Environmental Regulation / Matthew Amengual
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (286 pages)
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
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
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jan 2016)
Subject Administrative agencies -- Argentina
Environmental agencies -- Argentina
Labor laws and legislation -- Argentina
Labor policy -- Argentina
Environmental law -- Argentina
Environmental policy -- Argentina -- Citizen participation
Industrial laws and legislation -- Argentina
Industrial policy -- Argentina
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Administrative agencies
Environmental agencies
Environmental law
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation
Industrial laws and legislation
Industrial policy
Labor laws and legislation
Labor policy
Argentina
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316476901
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9781107135833
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