Labor in state-socialist Europe, 1945-1989 : contributions to a history of work /
Labor in state-socialist Europe, 1945-1989 : contributions to a history of work /
edited by Marsha Siefert.
- Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xv, 466 pages) : illustrations.
- Work and labor: transdisciplinary studies for the 21st century ; volume 1 Central European Press book series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Labor regimes under communism in East-Central Europe were complex, shifting and ambiguous. This collection of sixteen essays offers new conceptual and empirical ways to understand their history from the end of the Second World War to 1989, and to think about how their experiences relate to debates about labor history, both European and global. The authors reconsider the history of state socialism by reexamining the policies and problems of communist regimes and recuperating the voices of the workers who built them. The contributors look at work and workers in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. They explore the often contentious relationship between politics and labor policy, dealing with diverse topics including workers' safety and risks; labor rights, and protests; working women's politics and professions; migrant workers and social welfare; attempts to control workers' behavior and stem unemployment; and cases of incomplete, compromised or even abandoned processes of proletarianization. Workers are presented as active agents in resisting and supporting changes in labor policies, in choosing allegiances, and in defining the very nature of work"--
9633863384 9789633863381
2019043576
Labor--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Labor--History--Europe, Central--20th century.
Socialism--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Socialism--History--Europe, Central--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8380 / .L336 2020
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Labor regimes under communism in East-Central Europe were complex, shifting and ambiguous. This collection of sixteen essays offers new conceptual and empirical ways to understand their history from the end of the Second World War to 1989, and to think about how their experiences relate to debates about labor history, both European and global. The authors reconsider the history of state socialism by reexamining the policies and problems of communist regimes and recuperating the voices of the workers who built them. The contributors look at work and workers in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. They explore the often contentious relationship between politics and labor policy, dealing with diverse topics including workers' safety and risks; labor rights, and protests; working women's politics and professions; migrant workers and social welfare; attempts to control workers' behavior and stem unemployment; and cases of incomplete, compromised or even abandoned processes of proletarianization. Workers are presented as active agents in resisting and supporting changes in labor policies, in choosing allegiances, and in defining the very nature of work"--
9633863384 9789633863381
2019043576
Labor--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Labor--History--Europe, Central--20th century.
Socialism--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Socialism--History--Europe, Central--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8380 / .L336 2020