In: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
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 g
In: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Civil society, trade unions, and the political economy of postcommunist transformation -- The postcommunist inheritance -- East meets West -- Organized labor in Poland -- Organized labor in Russia -- Organized labor in Hungary -- Organized labor in Ukraine -- Conclusion
In: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
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