The Transformation of Labour Relations: Restructuring and Privatization in Eastern Europe and Russia
John Thirkell, Krastyu Petkov, and Sarah Vickerstaff
Abstract
The substantial political changes in Eastern Europe and Russia since 1989 have been accompanied by the attempted transfer, imposition, and imitation of labour relations practices and mechanisms from other market economies, primarily of Western Europe. This book addresses the extent to which these transferred labour relations institutions are likely to take root. The book offers a comparative analysis of changing labour relations at the national level in a range of countries, and the role of governments, international institutions, trade unions, and other agencies. This is supported by in-depth ... More
The substantial political changes in Eastern Europe and Russia since 1989 have been accompanied by the attempted transfer, imposition, and imitation of labour relations practices and mechanisms from other market economies, primarily of Western Europe. This book addresses the extent to which these transferred labour relations institutions are likely to take root. The book offers a comparative analysis of changing labour relations at the national level in a range of countries, and the role of governments, international institutions, trade unions, and other agencies. This is supported by in-depth case studies on the processes of transformation at enterprise level. Drawing on the findings of an international research team, analysis of the change process and recent developments is related to the legacies of the socialist system.
Keywords:
Eastern Europe,
Russia,
labour relations,
market economies,
Western Europe,
governments,
international institutions,
trade unions
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 1998 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198289791 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198289791.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
John Thirkell, author
University of Kent
Krastyu Petkov, author
University of Sofia
Sarah Vickerstaff, author
University of Kent
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