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1 Online-Ressource (322 p)
ISBN:
9780873324700
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- PART I SOCIAL RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE USSR -- 1 The Surplus and Class Structure -- 2 The Political Economy of the USSR -- Soviet Perceptions of Class Structure and Work -- Social Relations of Production in the USSR: An Alternative Perspective -- The Nature of Work and Rewards in the USSR -- 3 The Vicious Circle of Soviet Economic Problems -- Soviet Economic Problems -- Labour Productivity and the Surplus
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4 Labour Discipline and Labour Shortage -- The Continuing Problems of Labour Discipline -- Work Norms -- The Soviet Labour Shortage -- A Brief Digression on Labour Shortage and Surplus -- The Changing Nature of Economic Regulation in the USSR -- PART II THE EXPERIMENTAL INITIATIVES -- 5 The Shchekino Experiment -- Introduction -- The Nature of the Experiment -- The Initial Results of the Experiment -- 6 A Reappraisal of the Results of the Shchekino Experiment -- An Idealised View of the Operation of the Shchekino Experiment -- Non-Soviet Perceptions of the Shchekino Experiment
Content:
A Reappraisal of the Initial Results of the Shchekino Experiment -- Early Variants of the Shchekino Experiment -- 7 The Attempted Generalisation of the Shchekino Experiment -- The Extension of the Experiment in the Early Years -- Problems in Generalising the Experiment -- Soviet Criticisms of the Shchekino Experiment -- The Experience of the Shchekino Enterprise in the Seventies -- 8 The Shchekino Experiment and the Logic of Soviet Planning -- The Soviet Response to the Problems of Generalising the Experiment -- The Shchekino Experiment in the Aftermath of the 1979 Planning Resolution
Content:
The Dissemination of the Shchekino Experiment and the Logic of Soviet Planning -- 9 Alternative Attempts to Assert Control over the Labour Process -- The Introduction of the Zlobin Brigade System in the Construction Industry -- Problems in the Generalisation of the Zlobin System: The Kaluga and Orel Variants -- The Extension of the Brigade System to Industry -- Experimental Attempts to Solve the Problem of Work Norms -- 10 Conclusions -- Gorbachev's Inheritance and Policy Options -- Practical, Political and Theoretical Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Name Index
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Subject Index
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Additional Edition:
9781315493244
Additional Edition:
Print version Arnot Controlling Soviet Labour Florence : Taylor and Francis,c2016 9780873324700
Language:
English
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