Workers after workers' states : labor and politics in postcommunist Eastern Europe
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Workers after workers' states : labor and politics in postcommunist Eastern Europe
Rowman & Littlefield, c2001
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ISBN 9780742509986
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Despite decades as the official 'ruling class,' labor has become a marginal social and political actor throughout Eastern Europe in the postcommunist era. Through a broad array of case studies, including such under-studied countries as Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, the contributors provide the first detailed exploration of every facet of labor in the region. Examining the causes, extent, significance, and political implications of union weakness, the volume assesses the impact of labor debility on the consolidation of democracy in the region.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Surprise of Labor Weakness in Post-Communist Society Chapter 2 Labor and Trade Unions in the Czech Republic, 1989-2000 Chapter 3 The Failure of Social-Democratic Unionism in Hungary Chapter 4 Neocorporatism in Slovakia: Formalizing Labor Weakness in a (Re)democratizing State Chapter 5 The Weakness of Symbolic Strength: Labor and Union Identity in Poland: 1989-2000 Chapter 6 Winning the Battles, Losing the War: Contradictions of Romanian Labor in the Post-Communist Transformation Chapter 7 Bulgarian Trade Unions in Transition: The Taming of the Hedgehog Chapter 8 The Cost of Nationalism: Croatian Labor, 1990 - 1999 Chapter 9 Waiting for the Workers: Explaining Labor Quiescence in Serbia Chapter 10 Workers and Unions in Postcommunist Ukraine Chapter 11 The Social Explosion That Wasn't: Labor Quiescence in Post-Communist Russia Chapter 12 Conclusion: Making Sense of Labor's Weakness in Poscommunism
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: pbk ISBN 9780742509993
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After decades as the official 'ruling class' of ostensible 'workers' states,' labor in Eastern Europe has fallen dramatically. Although the painful consequences of market transformation have hit workers hardest of all, protests have been surprisingly few and ineffective. More than ten years after the start of the transition, trade unions are among the weakest institutions of postcommunist society, unable to influence policymaking or secure material rewards for workers. Why, given unprecedented political freedoms coupled with such adverse economic change, has labor been so quiescent since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe? And what are the political consequences of that weakness for societies trying to build lasting democracies? This book, through the use of comparative case studies, explores the causes, extent, significance, and implications of this weakness. The ten cases-Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine-focus on the status of trade unions and the relationship between labor and politics in each country. Comprising a full array of postcommunist societies, these countries represent a wide variation in labor institutions, political experiences, and economic outcomes. In their introduction and conclusion the editors consider structural, sociological, and ideational explanations for labor decline in the postcommunist era and assess the impact of that weakness on the consolidation of democracy in the region.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Surprise of Labor Weakness in Post-Communist Society Chapter 2 Labor and Trade Unions in the Czech Republic, 1989-2000 Chapter 3 The Failure of Social-Democratic Unionism in Hungary Chapter 4 Neocorporatism in Slovakia: Formalizing Labor Weakness in a (Re)democratizing State Chapter 5 The Weakness of Symbolic Strength: Labor and Union Identity in Poland: 1989-2000 Chapter 6 Winning the Battles, Losing the War: Contradictions of Romanian Labor in the Post-Communist Transformation Chapter 7 Bulgarian Trade Unions in Transition: The Taming of the Hedgehog Chapter 8 The Cost of Nationalism: Croatian Labor, 1990 - 1999 Chapter 9 Waiting for the Workers: Explaining Labor Quiescence in Serbia Chapter 10 Workers and Unions in Postcommunist Ukraine Chapter 11 The Social Explosion That Wasn't: Labor Quiescence in Post-Communist Russia Chapter 12 Conclusion: Making Sense of Labor's Weakness in Poscommunism
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