Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-041-43298-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Originally published in 1986, just as Gorbachev was launching his perestroika programme, this book provides valuable historical discussions of economic reform and the role of communist labour unions. The editors a model of unions in Leninist systems as 'dual functioning', operating both to mobilize labour for production and to protect workers' rights and interests. In practice, the production function has preference. However, changes within communist systems challenged the 'Classical Dualist' model. These included the emergence of a more educated, critical and demanding workforce; the marginal relaxation of centralized control over enterprise management; and the deteriorating economic performance of communist systems. The country chapters emphasize the generally inadequate defence of workers' interests by communist trade unions. The weakest unions were those in China and Romania, as the chapters by Daniel Nelson and Jeanne Wilson, respectively, indicate. These were the most heavily agrarian societies, and (until the Deng reforms) the most politicized. The systems in which trade unions were the strongest—the GDR, Hungary and Yugoslavia—were either materially advanced, had a history of strong labour movements, or had enacted significant economic or political reforms. Istvan Kemeny's chapter describes the fascinating informal mechanisms that emerged to defend workers' interests in Hungarian factories. Poland was a special case. Alex Pravda details the failings of Poland's labour structure in the 1970s, while Tom Keenoy's chapter on Solidarity highlights the major goals of Polish workers in establishing an alternative to official unions.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
1.Communist Trade Unions: Varieties of Dualism Alex Pravda and Blair A. Ruble 2. Industrial Trade Unions in the USSR Blair A. Ruble 3. Labor Unions in the German Democratic Republic Marilyn Rueschemeyer and C. Bradley Scharf 4. Czechoslovak Trade Unions Under Soviet-Type Socialism Joseph L. Porket 5. The Politics of Romanian Trade Unions Daniel N. Nelson 6. Poland in the 1970s: Dural Functioning Trade Unionism under Pressure Alex Pravda 7. Solidarity: The Anti-Trade Union Tom Keenoy 8. Trade Unions and Workers’ Interests in Hungary István Kemény 9. Yugoslavia: Unions in a Self-Managed Society Bernard Carter 10. The People’s Republic of China Jeanne L. Wilson 11. Communist and Capitalist Trade Unionism: Comparisons and Contrasts Craig R. Littler and Gill Palmer
