What About the Workers?: Workers and the Transition to Capitalism in Russia - Softcover

Burawoy, Michael; Clarke, Simon; Fairbrother, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0860916669 ISBN 13: 9780860916666

Publisher: Verso Books, 1993

Synopsis

This text questions the common belief that Russia is in transition to capitalism and looks behind the political and ideological debates to focus on the development of the real lives of the workers. The contributors come to the conclusion that beneath the political turmoil Russia has not managed to overcome the challenge presented by the working class - that, in fact, the struggle over the transformation of class is only just beginning. The book includes an analysis of the role of trade unions in the former Soviet system, and explores the development of the workers' movement in Russia since 1987.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Clarke is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. Peter Fairbrother is Professor of International Employment Relations at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Michael Burawoy is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Pavel Krotov is a sociologist working in the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0860916669
• ISBN 13: 9780860916666
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258