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Aleksandr Shokhin
Anatoly Chubais
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Civil Society
collective bargaining post-Soviet
corporatism
Democratic Transition Theory
economic transition studies
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Grigorii Yavlinskii
independent
Independent Unions
industrial relations Russia
institutional change analysis
insurance
labor
labor conflict post-Soviet Russia
Labor Side
LDP
Mikhail Shmakov
Moscow Oblast
political economy labor
Postcommunist Russia
rabochaia
Rabochaia Tribuna
Rasp
Russia's Democratic Choice
Russian Business Circles
Russian Soviet Federated Republic
Russia’s Democratic Choice
Shock Therapy
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social
Social Insurance Fund
social policy transformation
societal
Societal Corporatism
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Trilateral Mechanism
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Vice Versa
Wage Arrears
Walter D. Connor
West Germany
Yuri Skokov
Za Rodinu
Product details
- ISBN 9780813329123
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 May 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In post-Soviet Russia’s transition to new political and economic systems, few issues are as important as labor. Although the “worker’s paradise” may have been largely imaginary, the loss of job security and benefits that has accompanied marketization could well become a catalyst for yet another political upheaval. In this timely book, Walter Connor explores how the Yeltsin government attempted to avoid this pitfall of system change. Connor examines Russia’s emergent labor politics in the critical first years of the post-Soviet period, focusing on the problems Yeltsin encountered in attempting to adopt a “corporatist” solution to the conflicts of interest that have arisen between labor, employers, and the state. With many employers still heavily dependent on the state, while others are already beyond state control, the corporatist effort has been sabotaged, Connor contends, by the lack of distinct interest groups found in more mature market economies. He concludes with an analysis of what these recent developments may portend for Russian politics and government in the future.
Walter D. Connor is professor of political science, sociology, and international relations at Boston University and a fellow of Harvard University's Russian Research centre.
