Origins of Labor Policy in the Russian Coal and Steel Industry, 1874–1900

Bibliographic Data

ID10097872
AuthorsSusan P Mccaffray (Wake Forest University, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume47
Issue4
Pages951-965
Publication date1987-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022050700049883
OpenAlexW2139806462
LanguageEN
References cited14

In the southern Russian coal and steel region between 1874 and 1900, labor policy was outlined by the Russian managers of predominantly foreign firms through the Association of Southern Coal and Steel Producers. This policy was shaped by chronic labor shortage, by the strained relations between industry and local government, and by managers' sensitivity to their position as spokesmen for foreign interests. The posture southern managers developed was that of welfare capitalism. Considerable expenditure on wages and welfare, however, did not establish labor peace

Business · Capitalism · Coal · Economic shortage · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Labor relations · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Welfare · Finance · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy

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