Workers after Workers' States

Labor and Politics in Postcommunist Eastern Europe
Herausgeber: Crowley, Stephen; Ost, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780742509993
• ISBN-10: 0742509990
• Artikelnr.: 21520308

Autorenporträt

Stephen Crowley is associate professor of politics, Oberlin College. David Ost is professor of political science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Surprise of Labor Weakness in Post-Communist
Society Chapter 2 Labor and Trade Unions in the Czech Republic, 1989-2000
Chapter 3 The Failure of Social-Democratic Unionism in Hungary Chapter 4
Neocorporatism in Slovakia: Formalizing Labor Weakness in a
(Re)democratizing State Chapter 5 The Weakness of Symbolic Strength: Labor
and Union Identity in Poland: 1989-2000 Chapter 6 Winning the Battles,
Losing the War: Contradictions of Romanian Labor in the Post-Communist
Transformation Chapter 7 Bulgarian Trade Unions in Transition: The Taming
of the Hedgehog Chapter 8 The Cost of Nationalism: Croatian Labor, 1990 -
1999 Chapter 9 Waiting for the Workers: Explaining Labor Quiescence in
Serbia Chapter 10 Workers and Unions in Postcommunist Ukraine Chapter 11
The Social Explosion That Wasn't: Labor Quiescence in Post-Communist Russia
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Making Sense of Labor's Weakness in Poscommunism