Ángela Vergara is professor of history at California State University Los Angeles. She is the author of Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile and co-editor of Company Towns in the Americas.

This volume by Vergara investigates the evolution and disintegration of unemployment laws, policies, and benefits in Chile from 1900 to 1989. The author’s extensive research illustrates the interplay of international and domestic, top-down and grassroots efforts to influence unemployment discourses and who unemployment assistance could cover.

Ángela Vergara is professor of history at California State University Los Angeles. She is the author of Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile and co-editor of Company Towns in the Americas.

This volume by Vergara investigates the evolution and disintegration of unemployment laws, policies, and benefits in Chile from 1900 to 1989. The author’s extensive research illustrates the interplay of international and domestic, top-down and grassroots efforts to influence unemployment discourses and who unemployment assistance could cover.

Ángela Vergara is professor of history at California State University Los Angeles. She is the author of Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile and co-editor of Company Towns in the Americas.

This volume by Vergara investigates the evolution and disintegration of unemployment laws, policies, and benefits in Chile from 1900 to 1989. The author’s extensive research illustrates the interplay of international and domestic, top-down and grassroots efforts to influence unemployment discourses and who unemployment assistance could cover.