Labor Conditions in Communist Cuba

The Attitudinal Legacy of Communist Labor Relations

This study of workers' altitudes compares data from International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) surveys for former commuiiisi countries in Europe with ISSP data for Western countries over the period 1987-93, which covers the beginning of the transition to a market economy for the former communist countries. Omsistent with their hypothesis that communist-run economies left an altiiiidinal "lega...

Explaining Labor Quiescence in Post-Communist Europe: Historical Legacies and Comparative Perspective

Studies on the changing labor relations in post-communist countries have flourished in recent years, such that a review and analysis of what has been reported is overdue. Yet, interestingly, these studies have not reached a consensus on what they seek to explain. Indeed, some of the main questions remain under contention. First, is labor in post-communist societies weak, or (in at least some co...

a Post - Communist Society

Labor Clauses in Regional Trade Agreements and Effects on Labor Conditions: An Empirical Analysis

This paper attempts to perform an empirical analysis of the effects of “labor clauses” provided in bilateral or plurilateral trade agreements (or regional trade agreements: RTAs) on working conditions that laborers in the RTA signatory countries actually face, using macro-level data for a wide variety of countries. The paper first reexamines the labor-provision classification of 223 RTAs in for...

Human Rights in Cuba

This Human Rights Watch report assesses the status of human rights in Cuba in 1992. Covers rights violations including poor prison conditions, restrictions on academics and journalists, and long prison terms for dissidents. Argues that the system of control is part of the government’s attempt to maintain power. Canadian Foundation for the Americas. Cubasource. http://www.cubasource.org/index_e....