The labor movement in Costa Rica from the Great Depression to the Cold War.
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Title
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The labor movement in Costa Rica from the Great Depression to the Cold War.
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Identifier
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AAI9224840
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identifier
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9224840
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Creator
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Miller, Eugene David.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Laird W. Bergad
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Date
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1992
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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History, Latin American | Economics, Labor | Law | Sociology, Social Structure and Development | Religion, History of
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Abstract
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This work examines how the relationship between the state, the Communist Party (CPCR) and the church in Costa Rica influenced the country's labor movement. The large areas of examination are four-fold: (1) the juridical evolution of the labor movement in the country's political economy; (2) the continual expansion of the state into the worker-owner relationship; (3) the relationship between the labor movement and their political supporters; and (4) the impact of international events and institutions on the country' s labor movement.;The work is divided into two parts. The first begins in 1932 and ends in 1940. Chapters I and II explore the legislative solutions to the country's social and economic crises and the early efforts toward labor unification under the CPCR-led confederation. In addition some of the country's major strikes are examined.;The second part of this work begins in 1940 with an in-depth examination of the tangible results of the efforts of the 1930s, and continues with a look at how the domestic and international alliances prompted by World War II caused fundamental shifts in the balance of power inside the country. Chapter III explores those shifts from a single, overriding vantage point: how they facilitate labor's obtaining direct access to the centers of national power.;By 1945, adverse domestic and international political and economic conditions, caused the ruling alliance between the state, the church and the CPCR to fragment. This fragmentation was exacerbated by the development of a Catholic labor confederation and the increasingly antagonistic relations experienced between it and the older CPCR-led confederation. The deteriorating climate erupted into civil war in 1948 which destroyed the remnants of the wartime coalition, but did not roll back the labor gains of the past two decades. (Chapters IV and V.).;Chapter VI explores the international connections and affiliations of the country's two labor confederations to determine the extent to which Costa Rican labor developments were marked by domestic/evolutionary traditions or discontinuities imposed by foreign ideas.;Throughout the work, analytical references are made to the work force: its sexual, racial, ethnic, regional, and national composition; its standard of living; and working conditions.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
