Paul Kubicek offers a comparative study of organized labor's fate in four postcommunist countries, and examines the political and economic consequences of labor's weakness. He notes that with few exceptions, trade unions have lost members and suffered from low public confidence. Unions have failed to act while changing economic policies have resulted in declining living standards and unemployment for their membership. While some of labor's problems can be traced to legacies of the communist period, Kubicek draws upon the experience of unions in the West to argue that privatization and nascent globalization are creating new economic structures and a political playing field hostile to organized labor. He concludes that labor is likely to remain a marginalized economic and political force for the foreseeable.
| ISBN: | 9780822958567 |
| Publication date: | 19th December 2004 |
| Author: | Paul Kubicek |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Russian and East European Studies |
| Genres: |
Industrial relations, occupational health and safety |
Paul Kubicek offers a comparative study of organized labor's fate in four postcommunist countries, and examines the political and economic consequences of labor's weakness. He notes that with few exceptions, trade unions have lost members and suffered from low public confidence. Unions have failed to act while changing economic policies have resulted in declining living standards and unemployment for their membership. While some of labor's problems can be traced to legacies of the communist period, Kubicek draws upon the experience of unions in the West to argue that privatization and nascent globalization are creating new economic structures and a political playing field hostile to organized labor. He concludes that labor is likely to remain a marginalized economic and political force for the foreseeable.
Organized Labor In Postcommunist States features in the following genres: Industrial relations, occupational health and safety
Organized Labor In Postcommunist States is available in Paperback
Organized Labor In Postcommunist States was written by Paul Kubicek and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
Organized Labor In Postcommunist States has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Russian and East European Studies series