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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.
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Notes | p. xxii |
| The Emergence of Labor Conflict in the Soviet Union | p. 1 |
| Labor Conflict Today Features and Dynamics | p. 3 |
| Notes | p. 12 |
| The Social Base of Economic Reforms | p. 13 |
| Notes | p. 23 |
| Toward a Mixed Economy and an Independent Labor Movement | p. 25 |
| The Workers' Movement in a Postsocialist Perspective | p. 27 |
| Note | p. 51 |
| The Transition to a Mixed Economy and the Prospects for the Labor and Trade-Union Movement | p. 53 |
| The Theme of Worker Participation and Self-Management | p. 69 |
| The Struggle for the Interests of Working People in the Transition from a Totalitarian to a Democratic (market) Economy | p. 71 |
| Hired Labor or Self-Management? the Struggle of Ideas, Programs, and Social Movements | p. 79 |
| Note | p. 89 |
| The Western Experience of Industrial Democracy and Its Significance | p. 91 |
| Employment Problems and the Labor Market | p. 103 |
| Labor Market Phenomena and Public Opinion | p. 105 |
| Current Employment Problems in the Soviet Economy and Means of Resolving Them | p. 115 |
| Notes | p. 128 |
| The Employment Problem During the Transition to a Market Economy | p. 129 |
| American Perspectives | p. 137 |
| Getting Here from There Labor in the Transition to a Market Economy | p. 139 |
| Notes | p. 155 |
| Bibliography | p. 156 |
| Markets Indispensable Servants, Cruel Masters | p. 159 |
| Note | p. 170 |
| References | p. 170 |
| The Limits of the Market and the Transformation of Socialism | p. 171 |
| Marketization and the Defense of Labor's Interests | p. 183 |
| The Workers' Stake in Denationalization Issues of Equity | p. 201 |
| Notes | p. 218 |
| References | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 221 |
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ISBN: 9781563240379
ISBN-10: 1563240378
Series: U.S.-Post-Soviet Dialogues
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 320
Published: 1992
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.51
