| Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet Labour Process and Gorbachev's Reforms, 1985 1991 Contributor(s): Filtzer, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521056535 ISBN-13: 9780521056533 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: A comprehensive analysis of the role of labour policy in the development and ultimate collapse of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics - Political Science | World - General |
| Dewey: 331.094 |
| Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika is a comprehensive analysis of the role of labor policy in the development and ultimate collapse of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Filtzer argues that initially perestroika was designed to modernize the Soviet economy while keeping the existing political and property relations of society intact, requiring a thorough restructuring of the labor process within Soviet industry. He contends that the collapse of the USSR has brought the solution to this problem no nearer, and that post-Soviet capitalism is rooted in corruption and speculation and cannot ensure long-term economic growth. |