The transformation of work and industrial relations in the post-Soviet bloc: 25 years on from 1989
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Upchurch, M., Croucher, R., Danilovich, H. and Morrison, C. 2015. The transformation of work and industrial relations in the post-Soviet bloc: 25 years on from 1989. Work, Employment and Society. 29 (3), pp. NP1-NP11. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017014564006
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | The transformation of work and industrial relations in the post-Soviet bloc: 25 years on from 1989 |
| Authors | Upchurch, M., Croucher, R., Danilovich, H. and Morrison, C. |
| Abstract | The uprisings of 1989 in the Soviet sphere were momentous in their political impact. Examination of this prolonged transformation is timely. We progress from case study analysis of the workplace – important in the early stages of transformation – to reflective overviews which consider the accumulated experience of a quarter of a century of post communism. Our overview studies highlight, for example, aspects of gender difference within the frame of ‘winners and losers’. The commonalities of ‘state capture’ are revealed across the states and geographical differences emerge in post-communist ‘recovery’ which highlight processes of uneven and combined development. Finally we identify relationships between state, labour and capital which stand outside the economic prescribed orthodoxy and the expected convergence of East with West. Instead of convergence to liberal economic values and practices we find crony capitalism associated with clientelism and mafia crime forming the backdrop to institutional failure. |
| Keywords | crony capitalism, industrial relations, organization of work, post-communism |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications |
| Journal | Work, Employment and Society |
| ISSN | 0950-0170 |
| Electronic | 1469-8722 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 06 Mar 2015 |
| 01 Jun 2015 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 07 May 2015 |
| Accepted | 01 May 2014 |
| Output status | Published |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Copyright Statement | Upchurch, M., Croucher, R., Danilovich, H., & Morrison, C. (2015). The transformation of work and industrial relations in the post-Soviet bloc: 25 years on from 1989. Work, Employment and Society, 29(3), NP1–NP11. Copyright © 2015 The Author(s). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017014564006 |
| Additional information | Published online before print March 6, 2015. |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017014564006 |
| Language | English |
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