
Labour Protest in Poland
Trade Unions and Employee Interest Articulation After Socialism
- 205 pages
- English
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Labour Protest in Poland
Trade Unions and Employee Interest Articulation After Socialism
About this book
This book is an account of protests organized by trade unions from the late socialism to the 21 st century. It uses protest event analysis and mass surveys to examine the impact of trade unions on institutions before and after systemic change. Social protest in the post-war Poland was primarily a working-class phenomenon. Unionized employees were able to influence transformation processes in many ways: directly in enterprises, politically via their representatives in parties, and indirectly by creating a public opinion sympathetic with their goals. Individual chapters contain theoretical assumptions, an overview of employee protest under state socialism, the dynamics of trade union membership, and a detailed description of trade union protest activities after systemic change. A comparison between protest dynamics in Poland and in Hungary serves as illustration of legacies of negotiated transition on social mobilization.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Unions as Actors in Civil Society, Institutions and Social Partners
- 2. Labour Protest in Poland Before 1989
- 3. Unions During Transition
- 4. Overview of Labour Protest in 1989–2011
- 5. Legacies of State Socialism: Protest in Public and Private Enterprises
- 6. Trade Unions and Politics: Strength and Weakness
- 7. The Effect of Protest: Union Influence on State Reform
- 8. Poland and Hungary: Negotiated Transition as Significant Legacy
- Annex. Data and Methodology
- Bibliography
- List of Tables and Figures