Putin's labor dilemma : Russian politics between stability and stagnation / / Stephen Crowley [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996472047503316
• Autore: Crowley Stephen <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca : , : ILR Press, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-5017-5630-3; 1-5017-5627-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 pages)
• Collana: Cornell scholarship online
• Disciplina: 331.120947
• Soggetti: Working class - Russia (Federation); Industrial relations - Political aspects - Russia (Federation); Business and politics - Russia (Federation); Industrial policy - Russia (Federation); Economic stabilization - Russia (Federation); Political stability - Russia (Federation); Social stability - Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 1991-; Russia (Federation) Economic policy 1991-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2021.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration and Currency -- 1. The Political Consequences of Russian Deindustrialization -- 2. Russia’s Peculiar Labor Market and the Fear of Social Explosion -- 3. Russia’s Labor Productivity Trap -- 4. Monotowns and Russia’s Post-Soviet Urban Geography -- 5. Labor Protest in Russia’s Hybrid Regime -- 6. Downsizing in “Russia’s Detroit” -- 7. The Specter of a Color Revolution -- 8. Russia’s Truckers and the Road to Radicalization -- 9. How Different Is Russia? The Comparative Context -- Conclusion: Overcoming Russia’s Labor Dilemma -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 'Putin's Labor Dilemma', Stephen Crowley investigates how the fear of labor protest has inhibited substantial economic transformation in Russia. Putin boasts he has the backing of workers in the country's ; industrial heartland, but as economic growth slows in Russia, reviving the economy will require restructuring the country's industrial landscape. At the same time, doing so threatens to generate protest and instability from a key regime constituency. However, continuing to prop up Russia's Soviet-era workplaces, writes Crowley, could lead to declining wages and economic stagnation, threatening protest and instability.