Title Hot coal, cold steel : Russian and Ukrainian workers from the end of the Soviet Union to the post-communist transformations / Stephen Crowley

Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997

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Description 1 online resource Contents Workers, collective action, and political movements -- The 1989 miners strike -- Steelworkers and mutual dependence -- Steelworkers, workers organizations, and collective action -- Building a workers movement -- From economics to politics -- Labor and economic transformation -- Politics and coal miners in Ukraine and Russia -- Workers, politics, and the post-communist transformations Summary In a comparative study of coal miners and steelworkers at the end of the Soviet era, Stephen Crowley sheds light on where these industrial workers have been and where they are going. Coal miners in the final years of the Soviet Union organized and led strikes that supported the end of Communism, even though their heavy subsidies would be threatened by capitalism. Steelworkers, in contrast, did not effectively organize and strike. This pattern has continued under the new governments, with the coal miners well organized and seeking protection from the worst consequences of marketization, while the steelworkers unions remain weak despite deteriorating economic conditions Based on extensive archival and on-site research, including interviews with miners and steelworkers, labor leaders, and plant managers, Crowley develops a detailed picture of the conditions under which workers organize. His findings go beyond the conditions of post-Communist Russia and the Ukraine to have applications for other societies undergoing fundamental change. This book will be of interest to sociologists and political scientists interested in the role of labor in transitional societies and the patterns of organization of labor, as well as to Russian and East European area specialists Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-262) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Description based on print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Russia (Federation) Coal Miners' Strike, Soviet Union, 1989. Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Ukraine Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Russia (Federation) Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Ukraine POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Political activity Stahlarbeiter Streik Gewerkschaft Bergmann Mijnwerkers. Arbeidsomstandigheden. Stakingen. Russia (Federation) Soviet Union Ukraine Ukraine Russland Sowjetunion Form Electronic book LC no. 2020706627 ISBN 9780472026920 0472026925 1282644653 9781282644656 9786612644658 6612644656

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