Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System

by Bertram Silverman, Robert Vogt, Murray Yanovich

Overview

Nowhere is the tension attending simultaneous political democratization and economic liberalization more sharply felt than in the realm of labour relations. What is happening in Soviet trade unions today? How will the emerging independent unions respond to anticipated rises in unemployment? What kind of social regulation of the labour market will be appropriate in the future? These papers from a pathbreaking US-Soviet conference on labour issues reveal a considerable diversity of views on questions whose resolution will be essential to social peace in this period of transition. Among the noted contributors are Joseph Berliner, Sam Bowles, Richard Freeman, Leonid Gordon, V.L.Kosmarskii, Alla Nazimova, Michael Piore, Boris Rakitskii, Iurii Volkov, Ben Ward and Tatiana Zaslavskaia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315486871
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	973 KB

About the Author

Bertram Silverman, Robert Vogt, Murray Yanowitch

Table of Contents

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;

Editorial Reviews

Russian and American labor scholars and activists address issues of labor relations in the former Workers' Paradise. The 15 papers, from a June 1991 conference in Moscow, discuss the emergence of labor conflicts, an independent labor movement in a mixed economy, worker participation and self-management, employment problems and the labor market, and American perspectives. First published in Sociological Research January-February 1992, and Problems of Economics January 1992. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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