Decline of Labor Unions in Mexico during the Neoliberal Period

Roberto Zepeda is a full-time researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He prevoiusly was an associate professor in the Department of Politics and the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK, and a professor in international relations at different universities in Mexico. His research focuses on neoliberalism, labor unions, migration, and security as well as the analysis of subnational dynamics in North America.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The decline of labor unions.- Chapter 3: Neoliberalism and organized labor.- Chapter 4. The Rise and Decline of Labor Unions in Mexico: Political and Institutional Factors.- Chapter 5: The restructuring of the corporatist pact.- Chapter 6: The economic performance and labor markets.- Chapter 7: Union Density Trends in Mexico.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.