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)

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. -- Amazon.com The Roots And Limits Of Perestroika -- Attempts To Create A Labour Market : Employment, Unemployment, And The Labour Shortages -- Economic Incentives : The Disintegration Of The 1986 Wage Reform -- Political Incentives : Enterprise 'democratization' And The Emergence Of Worker Protests -- 'market Mechanisms' And The Breakdown Of Economic Regulation -- The Labour Process Under Perestroika I : The Political Economy Of Working Conditions -- The Labour Process Under Perestroika Ii : The Failure Of Restructuring -- The Demise Of Perestroika And The Emergence Of Class Conflict. Donald Filtzer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 278-284) And Indexes.