Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System

by Silverman,Bertram

• ISBN13: 9781563240379
• ISBN10: 1563240378
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Notes	p. xxii
The Emergence of Labor Conflict in the Soviet Union	p. 1
Labor Conflict Today Features and Dynamics	p. 3
Notes	p. 12
The Social Base of Economic Reforms	p. 13
Notes	p. 23
Toward a Mixed Economy and an Independent Labor Movement	p. 25
The Workers' Movement in a Postsocialist Perspective	p. 27
Note	p. 51
The Transition to a Mixed Economy and the Prospects for the Labor and Trade-Union Movement	p. 53
The Theme of Worker Participation and Self-Management	p. 69
The Struggle for the Interests of Working People in the Transition from a Totalitarian to a Democratic (market) Economy	p. 71
Hired Labor or Self-Management? the Struggle of Ideas, Programs, and Social Movements	p. 79
Note	p. 89
The Western Experience of Industrial Democracy and Its Significance	p. 91
Employment Problems and the Labor Market	p. 103
Labor Market Phenomena and Public Opinion	p. 105
Current Employment Problems in the Soviet Economy and Means of Resolving Them	p. 115
Notes	p. 128
The Employment Problem During the Transition to a Market Economy	p. 129
American Perspectives	p. 137
Getting Here from There Labor in the Transition to a Market Economy	p. 139
Notes	p. 155
Bibliography	p. 156
Markets Indispensable Servants, Cruel Masters	p. 159
Note	p. 170
References	p. 170
The Limits of the Market and the Transformation of Socialism	p. 171
Marketization and the Defense of Labor's Interests	p. 183
The Workers' Stake in Denationalization Issues of Equity	p. 201
Notes	p. 218
References	p. 219
Index	p. 221
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