Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System

This is a collection of papers from a US-Soviet conference on labour issues in the face of political democratization and economic liberalization. It considers the possible response of the emerging independent unions to anticipated rises in unemployment.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The Emergence of Labor Conflict in the Soviet Union; Chapter 1 Labor Conflict Today, Vera Kabalina, Alla K. Nazimova; Chapter 2 The Social Base of Economic Reforms, Anna A. Temkina; Part 2 Toward a Mixed Economy and an Independent Labor Movement; Chapter 3 The Workers' Movement in a Postsocialist Perspective, Leonid A. Gordon, Eduard V. Klopov; Chapter 4 The Transition to a Mixed Economy and the Prospects for the Labor and Trade-Union Movement, Iurii Volkov; Part 3 The Theme of Worker Participation and Self-Management; Chapter 5 The Struggle for the Interests of Working People in the Transition from a Totalitarian to a Democratic (Market) Economy, Boris Rakitskii; Chapter 6 Hired Labor or Self-Management?, Galina Ia. Rakitskaia; Chapter 7 The Western Experience of Industrial Democracy and Its Significance, Emil N. Rudyk; Part 4 Employment Problems and the Labor Market; Chapter 8 Labor Market Phenomena and Public Opinion, Tatiana I. Zaslavskaia, Vladimir L. Kosmarskii; Chapter 9 Current Employment Problems in the Soviet Economy and Means of Resolving Them, Evgenii G. Antosenkov; Chapter 10 The Employment Problem During the Transition to a Market Economy, Anatolii D. Shkira; Part 5 American Perspectives; Chapter 11 Getting Here from There, Richard B. Freeman; Chapter 12 Markets, Samuel Bowles; Chapter 13 The Limits of the Market and the Transformation of Socialism, Michael J. Piore; Chapter 14 Marketization and the Defense of Labor's Interests, Benjamin Ward; Chapter 15 The Workers' Stake in Denationalization, Joseph S. Berliner;

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bertram Silverman, Robert Vogt, Murray Yanowitch

Zusammenfassung

This is a collection of papers from a US-Soviet conference on labour issues in the face of political democratization and economic liberalization. It considers the possible response of the emerging independent unions to anticipated rises in unemployment.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bertram Silverman, Silverman Bertram, Robert Vogt, Vogt Robert, Murray Yanovich, Yanovich Murray
• Mitarbeit: Bertram Silverman (Herausgeber), Robert Vogt (Herausgeber), Murray Yanowitch (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.1992
• EAN: 9781563240379
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-037-9
• Seiten: 320
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Industrial Relations, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment & Unemployment