A Tale of Dvo Metallurgical Enterprises

Marketization and the Social Contract in Russian Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID6180838
AuthorsLisa A Baglione (0000-0001-9262-8214, St. Joseph's University New York), Carol L Clark (Department of Economics, 300 Summit Avenue, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, USA)
Year1997
Volume30
Issue2
Pages153-180
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/s0967-067x(97)00003-2
OpenAlexW1550603449
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Students of post-communist labor relations have argued that the social contract would deteriorate with privatization, as managers secured ownership rights and enterprises reoriented toward the market. To examine this expectation, we investigated the state of labor relations in two enterprises in the metallurgical industry. In St Petersburg, marketization brought little positive change in production and the social contract decayed, while Tula's management embarked on an ambitious reform program, rewriting the social contract. We attribute the variations in the outcomes to differing regional conditions that affected the mutual dependence of labor and management and, hence, “exit options” of both parties

Business · China · Communism · Economic system · Economics · Management · Market economy · Marketization · Political science · Social contract · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Industrial Relations

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