The Soviet social contract and why it failed: welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin
As their woefully backward economy continues to crumble, much of the Soviet population remains indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the idea of reform. This phenomenon, so different from the Solidarity movement in Poland or the velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, has been explained in terms of...
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| Zusammenfassung: | As their woefully backward economy continues to crumble, much of the Soviet population remains indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the idea of reform. This phenomenon, so different from the Solidarity movement in Poland or the velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, has been explained in terms of a "social contract" - a tacit agreement between the post Stalin regime and the working class whereby the state provided economic and social security in return for the workers' political compliance. This book is the first critical assessment of the likelihood and implications of such a contract. Linda Cook pursues the idea from Brezhnev's day to our own, and considers the constraining effect it may have had on Gorbachev's attempts to liberalize the Soviet economy. In case studies on job security, retail price stability, and social service subsidies, Cook identifies points at which leaders had to make critical decisions - to commit more resources or to abandon other policies at significant cost - in order to maintain the contract. The pattern that emerges attests to the validity of the social contract thesis for the Brezhnev period. At the same time, Cook's analysis points to several important factors, such as the uneven distribution of benefits, that help explain why labor unrest and activism have varied dramatically from sector to sector in recent years. Ultimately, these case studies reveal, particularly for the Gorbachev period, deep conflicts between the old contract and the requisites of economic reform. Cook extends her analysis into the Yeltsin period to show how the democratizing state dealt weakly with labor's demands, seeking to stabilize labor relations with an inappropriate corporate structure. In the end, mobilized labor contributed greatly to the pressures that undermined Gorbachev's regime, and remained an obstacle to economic reform through the early months of Yeltsin's Russia. |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 272 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0674828003 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments xi
1 The Social Contract Thesis and Conceptions of
State Working Class Relations 1
2 Brezhnev s Welfare State: Delivering on the Social Contract 19
3 Full Employment, Price Stability, and Labor Quiescence
under Brezhnev 54
4 Gorbachev s Reforms: The Critique of Brezhnev s Welfare
State and Erosion of the Social Contract 82
5 Job Security, Medical Services, and Price Stability under
Gorbachev 116
6 Soviet Workers and Their Discontents: The Emergence of
Labor Activism and Unrest 150
7 Failure of the Social Contract: Labor and the Soviet
Collapse 180
8 Labor, Democracy, and Reform in the Post Soviet
Transition 201
Notes 219
Index 265
Tables
2.1 Planned increases in national income, average wages,
social consumption funds, and per capita real income,
1965 1985 24
2.2 Annual average state sector employment for the USSR,
RSFSR, and UkSSR, 1965 1982 27
2.3 Average nominal wages of all Soviet nonagricultural
workers and employees, and of industrial workers,
1960 1985 35
2.4 Wage ratios of production, managerial/technical, and
office workers in Soviet industry, 1950 1984 37
2.5 Official and alternative consumer price indexes,
1950 1985 42
2.6 Average annual rates of growth in per capita
consumption, USSR, 1966 1981 50
3.1 Estimated state procurement price subsidies, 1965 1985 59
3.2 Changes in consumption of basic types of foodstuffs,
1965 1980 62
3.3 Soviet labor strikes and their causes, 1960 1979 72
3.4 Evolution of Soviet attitudes toward the crisis in Poland,
September 1980 May 1982 78
4.1 Attitudes toward full employment: USSR and RSFSR,
April 1990 91
4.2 Attitudes toward employment security, by age and level of
education, 1990 92
x • Tables
4.3 Growth of Soviet wages by quarter, 1988 1990 111
5.1 USSR state budget deficit, 1985 1990 125
5.2 Attitudes toward the public health service, in USSR and
by size of settlement, 1990 130
5.3 Private, for fee medical services permitted and prohibited
by Soviet legislation, 1986 1989 136
5.4 Growth in profits of Soviet enterprises by quarter,
1987 1990 142
5.5 Soviet state budget expenditures for consumer and food
subsidies, social insurance, and health care, 1985 1990 148
7.1 Soviet retail price index, January 1990 September 1991 184
7.2 Growth of Soviet wages and salaries with percent growth
over corresponding quarter of previous year, 1990 1991 198
Figures
4.1 Average wages and salaries and overall labor productivity,
1987 1990 111
5.1 Nominal and real monthly wages, 1979 1989 149
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| indexdate | 2024-07-09T17:37:06Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0674828003 |
| language | English |
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| spelling | Cook, Linda J. Verfasser aut The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Linda J. Cook Cambridge u.a. Harvard Univ. Press 1993 XIII, 272 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies 86 As their woefully backward economy continues to crumble, much of the Soviet population remains indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the idea of reform. This phenomenon, so different from the Solidarity movement in Poland or the velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, has been explained in terms of a "social contract" - a tacit agreement between the post Stalin regime and the working class whereby the state provided economic and social security in return for the workers' political compliance. This book is the first critical assessment of the likelihood and implications of such a contract. Linda Cook pursues the idea from Brezhnev's day to our own, and considers the constraining effect it may have had on Gorbachev's attempts to liberalize the Soviet economy. In case studies on job security, retail price stability, and social service subsidies, Cook identifies points at which leaders had to make critical decisions - to commit more resources or to abandon other policies at significant cost - in order to maintain the contract. The pattern that emerges attests to the validity of the social contract thesis for the Brezhnev period. At the same time, Cook's analysis points to several important factors, such as the uneven distribution of benefits, that help explain why labor unrest and activism have varied dramatically from sector to sector in recent years. Ultimately, these case studies reveal, particularly for the Gorbachev period, deep conflicts between the old contract and the requisites of economic reform. Cook extends her analysis into the Yeltsin period to show how the democratizing state dealt weakly with labor's demands, seeking to stabilize labor relations with an inappropriate corporate structure. In the end, mobilized labor contributed greatly to the pressures that undermined Gorbachev's regime, and remained an obstacle to economic reform through the early months of Yeltsin's Russia. Geschichte 1964-1991 gnd rswk-swf Sociale politiek gtt Travail - Politique gouvernementale - URSS Travailleurs - URSS Verzorgingsstaat gtt Labor policy Soviet Union Working class Soviet Union Arbeitsmarktpolitik (DE-588)4002737-5 gnd rswk-swf Politische Stabilität (DE-588)4128497-5 gnd rswk-swf Arbeitsbeziehungen (DE-588)4002617-6 gnd rswk-swf Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd rswk-swf Sozialpolitik (DE-588)4055879-4 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaftspolitik (DE-588)4066493-4 gnd rswk-swf Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7 gnd rswk-swf URSS - Conditions sociales - 1945-1991 Sowjetunion Soviet Union Social conditions 1945-1991 Sowjetunion (DE-588)4077548-3 gnd rswk-swf Sowjetunion (DE-588)4077548-3 g Arbeitsmarktpolitik (DE-588)4002737-5 s DE-604 Arbeitsbeziehungen (DE-588)4002617-6 s Sozialpolitik (DE-588)4055879-4 s Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 s Geschichte 1964-1991 z Wirtschaftspolitik (DE-588)4066493-4 s Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7 s DE-188 Politische Stabilität (DE-588)4128497-5 s Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies 86 (DE-604)BV000007231 86 HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=006315399&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Cook, Linda J. The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies Sociale politiek gtt Travail - Politique gouvernementale - URSS Travailleurs - URSS Verzorgingsstaat gtt Labor policy Soviet Union Working class Soviet Union Arbeitsmarktpolitik (DE-588)4002737-5 gnd Politische Stabilität (DE-588)4128497-5 gnd Arbeitsbeziehungen (DE-588)4002617-6 gnd Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd Sozialpolitik (DE-588)4055879-4 gnd Wirtschaftspolitik (DE-588)4066493-4 gnd Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7 gnd |
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| title | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin |
| title_auth | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin |
| title_exact_search | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin |
| title_full | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Linda J. Cook |
| title_fullStr | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Linda J. Cook |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Linda J. Cook |
| title_short | The Soviet social contract and why it failed |
| title_sort | the soviet social contract and why it failed welfare policy and workers politics from brezhnev to yeltsin |
| title_sub | welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin |
| topic | Sociale politiek gtt Travail - Politique gouvernementale - URSS Travailleurs - URSS Verzorgingsstaat gtt Labor policy Soviet Union Working class Soviet Union Arbeitsmarktpolitik (DE-588)4002737-5 gnd Politische Stabilität (DE-588)4128497-5 gnd Arbeitsbeziehungen (DE-588)4002617-6 gnd Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd Sozialpolitik (DE-588)4055879-4 gnd Wirtschaftspolitik (DE-588)4066493-4 gnd Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7 gnd |
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