Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet Labour Process and Gorbachev's Reforms, 1985–1991 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 93) (Volume 0)

Filtzer, Donald

ISBN 10: 0521056535 / ISBN 13: 9780521056533

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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• Title: Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet Labour Process and Gorbachev's Reforms, 1985?1991 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 93) (Volume 0)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521056535
• ISBN 13: 9780521056533
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

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Soviet workers and the collapse of perestroika is a comprehensive analysis of the role of labour policy in the development and ultimate collapse of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms.