Russian Factory Enters the Market Economy

Based on extensive factory-level fieldwork research, this book charts the experiences of a textile enterprise in Russia during the 1990s, analyzing post-Soviet management and managerial practices in order to illuminate the content, nature and direction of industrial restructuring in the Russian privatized sector during the years of economic transition.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Struggle for Access: Exposing the Centrality of Personal Relationships 3. Transition and the Soviet Legacy: Western Ideology and Soviet Reality 4. A World of Textiles: The Market, the Industry and the Enterprise 5. Structures and Strategies in Transition 6. The Consequences of Outsider’s Control 7. Controlling Workers: The Policy of Productivity in Transition 8. Labour and Technological Discipline 9. Conclusions

About the author

Claudio Morrison is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Warwick, where he completed his PhD. His research interests include labour relations, organisational change and enterprise management. He has published articles on these issues in leading journals, including Europe-Asia Studies, Post-Communist Economies and Research in Economic Anthropology.

Summary

Based on extensive factory-level fieldwork research, this book charts the experiences of a textile enterprise in Russia during the 1990s, analyzing post-Soviet management and managerial practices in order to illuminate the content, nature and direction of industrial restructuring in the Russian privatized sector during the years of economic transition.

Product details

• Authors: Claudio Morrison, Morrison Claudio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780415542111
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54211-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia; Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series; Routledge Contemporary Russia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Eastern Europe, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Business & management, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Development economics & emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General