Labour in Transition (1992) examines the massive transformations undertaken by state socialist regimes at the end of the 1980s. It traces developments in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, in particular the impact of changes in the labour process and broader political economy.
Labour in Transition (1992) examines the massive transformations undertaken by state socialist regimes at the end of the 1980s. It traces developments in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, in particular the impact of changes in the labour process and broader political economy. Detailed empirical analysis of reform processes is effectively combined with a broader comparative examination of capitalism, socialism and the process of transition to new social formations.
Part
1. Introduction
1. Socialism and the Labour Process in Theory and
Practice Paul Thompson and Chris Smith Part
2. Comparing Capitalism and
State Socialism
2. Bending the Bars of the Iron Cage: Bureaucratization and
Informalization in Capitalism and Socialism David Stark
3. Innovation and the
Division of Labour in State Socialist and Capitalist Enterprises Otfried
Mickler Part
3. Labour Process Reform in Eastern Europe
4. Economic Reform
and Production Relations in Soviet Industry, 198690 Don Filtzer
5. A View
from Within: Interview with a Soviet Auto Worker David Mandel
6. A View from
Production: The Hungarian Transition from Socialism to Capitalism Michael
Burawoy Part
4. China
7. The Myth of Autonomy: The Foreign Enterprise in
China Jude Howell
8. Disorganized Socialism: State and Enterprise in Modern
China Paul Thompson
Chris Smith and Paul Thompson
