Low Wages and No Dignity
Russian Workers Reflect on the Stark Post-Soviet Choices in Blue-Collar Employment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11213299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Morris (0000-0002-8861-9929, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Pages | 271-277 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0147547913000318 |
| OpenAlex | W2318574325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This Tale from the Field focuses on the interpretation by workers of the precarious nature of blue-collar formal employment in Russia. In an ethnographic sketch based on over two years in the field, I follow an individual, Sergei, as he relies more and more on informal and other sources of income instead of waged labour in the increasing number of multi-national enterprises which have come to Russia to set up factories. Why does Sergei, and many like him, still young or without memory of Soviet labour practices, ‘choose’ exit from the formal economy at the very moment when wages and conditions are finally increasing? Why is the informal economy as a ‘choice’ so important to blue-collar workers despite the hunger for labour in traditional production industry
Blue collar · Collar · Dignity · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Informal sector · Interpretation (philosophy · Labour economics · Political science · Sketch · Sociology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |