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9780742509986

Workers after Workers' States Labor and Politics in Postcommunist Eastern Europe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742509986

  • ISBN10:

    0742509982

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-01-30
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $137.00

Summary

Despite decades as the official ruling class, labor has become a marginal social and political actor throughout Eastern Europe in the postcommunist era. Through a broad array of case studies, including such under-studied countries as Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, the contributors provide the first detailed exploration of every facet of labor in the region. Examining the causes, extent, significance, and political implications of union weakness, the volume assesses the impact of labor debility on the consolidation of democracy in the region.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Surprise of Labor Weakness in Postcommunist Society 1(12)
David Ost
Stephen Crowley
Labor and Trade Unions in the Czech Republic, 1989--2000
13(24)
Anna Pollert
The Failure of Social-Democratic Unionism in Hungary
37(22)
Andras Toth
Neocorporatism in Slovakia: Formalizing Labor Weakness in a (Re)democratizing State
59(20)
Jonathan Stein
The Weakness of Symbolic Strength: Labor and Union Identity in Poland, 1989--2000
79(18)
David Ost
Winning the Battles, Losing the War: Contradictions of Romanian Labor in the Postcommunist Transformation
97(24)
David A. Kideckel
Bulgarian Trade Unions in Transition: The Taming of the Hedgehog
121(20)
Grigor Gradev
The Cost of Nationalism: Croatian Labor, 1990--1999
141(18)
Marina Kokanovic
Waiting for the Workers: Explaining Labor Quiescence in Serbia
159(22)
Mihail Arandarenko
Workers and Unions in Postcommunist Ukraine
181(18)
Wlodzimierz Pankow
Evgienii Kopatko
The Social Explosion That Wasn't: Labor Quiescence in Postcommunist Russia
199(20)
Stephen Crowley
Conclusion: Making Sense of Labor Weakness in Postcommunism 219(16)
David Ost
Stephen Crowley
Index 235(4)
About the Contributors 239

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