Soviet workers and late Stalinism : labour and the restoration of the Stalinist system after World War II / / Donald Filtzer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823906303321
• Autore: Filtzer Donald
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0-511-09415-9; 1-107-12595-2; 1-280-16351-8; 0-511-12069-9; 0-511-04255-8; 0-511-15817-3; 0-511-32998-9; 0-511-49716-4; 0-511-04572-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 331.110947
• Soggetti: Labor - Soviet Union - History; Labor policy - Soviet Union - History; Soviet Union Economic conditions 1945-1955; Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the political imperatives of the postwar recovery -- Rebuilding the workforce : free, slave, and indentured labour -- The food crisis of 1946-1947 -- Attenuated recovery : the end of rationing, housing, and health -- 'Socializing' the next generation : the position of young workers -- Labour discipline and criminal law : the futility of repression -- The industrial enterprise : working conditions, work organization, and wage determination -- Conclusion : labour and the 'renormalization' of Stalinist social relations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Soviet Workers and Late Stalinism is a study of labour and labour policy during the critical period of the Soviet Union's postwar recovery and the last years of Stalin. It is also a detailed social history of the Soviet Union ; in these years, for non-Russian readers. Using previously inaccessible archival sources, Donald Filtzer describes the tragic hardships faced by workers and their families right after the war; conditions in housing and health care; the special problems of young workers; working conditions within industry; and the tremendous strains which regime policy placed not just on the mass of the population, but on the cohesion and commitment of key institutions within the Stalinist political system, most notably the trade unions and the procuracy. Donald Filtzer's subtle and compelling book will interest all historians of the Soviet Union and of socialism.