Conflict And Change In The Russian Industrial Enterprise

Mostly Russian contributors offer nine studies on new kinds of conflict and forms of trade unionism in post-Soviet Russia. The topics include the development of an independent trade union in a large ball-bearing factory, changes in the status hierarchy, gender differentiation, and the external relations of enterprises during bankruptcy and between insiders and outsiders. The series examines the restructuring of social relations in Russian industry. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Provides insight into the restructuring of Russian industrial enterprises, with an overview of industrial enterprise in transition and four in-depth case studies of enterprises, covering the period since the beginning of radical reform. Case studies look at the changing strategy of management in different types of former state enterprises, including pioneers in privatization, members of the military-industrial sector, and a passenger transport enterprise. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This volume examines the issue of workers' organizations in Russia in the transition from communism and why Russian workers have tolerated the huge fall in living standards since Yeltsin's rise to power.

An examination of production relations in Russian industry during the transition process. Using case studies, the focus is on the gap between formal and informal relations in the work place, a key feature of traditional Soviet industrial production.

Labour Relations in Transitionprovides a unique insight into the realities of Russian industrial enterprises in the transition period as it affects workers on the shop floor. Based on a unique collaborative programme of ethnographic and case study research, this volume includes original work by Western and Russian scholars focusing on the restructuring of wages, employment and industrial relations, and how workers have responded to these changes. As well as presenting pioneering analysis of trade unions and industrial conflict, Labour Relations in Transitionaddresses changing status hierarchies within the workforce, the position of women in production, the process of bankruptcy, and insider and outsider control. This is the third volume in the series Management and Industry in Russiaand will be welcomed by sociologists and Russian specialists for addressing contemporary Labour-Management relations within the context of the changing significance of work and work relations in the lives of Russian workers.

This volume is the first to to take a systematic look at the position of women in the post-Soviet states of the former USSR.

Advancing cutting-edge sociological theory and using unique data on everyday economic life, this book examines the centrality of power, culture, and practice in Russian post-socialist change - and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. The book is aimed to faculty and students in sociology, political science, economics, and area studies.

"Employment Relations" is widely taught in business schools around the world. Increasingly however more emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relations between employers and workers. It is becoming ever more important to comprehend today’s work and employment issues alongside a knowledge of the dynamics between global financial and product markets, global production chains, national and international employment actors and institutions and the ways in which these relationships play out in different national contexts. This textbook is the first to present a cross-section of country studies, including all four BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China alongside integrative thematic chapters covering all the important topics needed to excel in this field. The textbook also benefits from the editors' and contributors' experience as leading scholars in Employment Relations. The book is an ideal resource for students on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate comparative programmes across areas such as Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Political Economy, Labour Politics, Industrial and Economic Sociology, Regulation and Social Policy.