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
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 |
