Formal and informal relations in the period of transition
Formal and informal relations in Soviet industrial production informal relations in the Soviet system of production on a particular kind of love and the specificity of Soviet production the mechanism of paternalistic management of the enterprise - the limits of paternalism paternalism in Russian enterprises - our understanding the position of women in production middle management in industrial production in the transition to the market we didn't make the plan payment systems and the restructuring of production relations in Russia.
In search of flexibility : the new Soviet labour market
Perestroika in the Soviet Union has necessitated a radical transformation of the labour market. This book encompasses a broad range of views of labour policy-makers and economists from the USSR and abroad. It analyzes recent developments in employment, unemployment, wages and social protection.
Decentralization and the command principle--some lessons from Soviet Experience
Abstract Since 1965 the Soviet economy has been characterized by some radical experiments in decentralization and modification of the command principle in certain subsectors. Generally these experiments have not been a success; they have all now been discontinued or seriously modified. It is argued that the main reason for this failure has been the reluctance of the Soviet authorities to back up specific experiments with a significant degree of overall decentralization. Continued overcentralization has meant survival of crude planning rules of thumb, like the ratchet principle, which tend to produce perverse reactions to the easing of traditional Soviet planning procedures in specific subsectors.