The Development of Capitalism in Russia

This book is a broad and comprehensive survey of the development of capitalism in Russia from the collapse of the Soviet economic system to the present, including the results of substantial new research on the current state of a wide range of Russian enterprises.

Simon Clarke is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. He has been co-ordinating research projects in the field of labour and employment with colleagues in the former Soviet Union since 1991 and has published extensively with his colleagues in English and Russian. His current research focuses on trade unions in the Former Soviet Union, China and Vietnam.

1. Introduction 2. Theorising the Transition 3. The Soviet Industrial Enterprise 4. The Soviet Enterprise in the Transition Crisis 5. The Corporate Management of Russian Enterprises 6. Labour Relations and Personnel Management 7. Changes in Payment Systems 8. Line Management: Between Capital and Labour 9. The Distinctiveness of Russian Capitalism. The Case-Study Enterprises