ABSTRACT
Nowhere is the tension attending simultaneous political democratization and economic liberalization more sharply felt than in the realm of labour relations. What is happening in Soviet trade unions today? How will the emerging independent unions respond to anticipated rises in unemployment? What kind of social regulation of the labour market will be appropriate in the future? These papers from a pathbreaking US-Soviet conference on labour issues reveal a considerable diversity of views on questions whose resolution will be essential to social peace in this period of transition. Among the noted contributors are Joseph Berliner, Sam Bowles, Richard Freeman, Leonid Gordon, V.L.Kosmarskii, Alla Nazimova, Michael Piore, Boris Rakitskii, Iurii Volkov, Ben Ward and Tatiana Zaslavskaia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |24 pages
The Emergence of Labor Conflict in the Soviet Union
part |44 pages
Toward a Mixed Economy and an Independent Labor Movement
part |34 pages
The Theme of Worker Participation and Self-Management
chapter |12 pages
Hired Labor or Self-Management?
part |34 pages
Employment Problems and the Labor Market
part |84 pages
American Perspectives