Reflections on powers of trade union federations in democracies: a comparative discourse

SOURCE: Rethinking institutions, processes and development in Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.M.Mathekga
SOURCE EDITOR(S): E.T.Falola, E.Aniche
KEYWORDS: COSATU, NAMIBIA, NATIONAL UNION OF NAMIBIAN WORKERS (NUNW), TRADE UNIONS
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9812212
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/19308
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19308

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Abstract

African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by the economic perspective of development despite the emergence of the humanistic perspective of development. The humanistic perspective is a more embracing, encompassing, and comprehensive view of development than its economic counterpart and offers a better explanation of the African situation. It is essential to examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development.