Clarke, Simon and Pringle, Tim (2009) Can party-led trade unions represent their members? Post-Communist Economies, Vol.21 (No.1). pp. 85-101. doi:10.1080/14631370802663679

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Abstract

This article examines the implications of party leadership for the ability of trade unions to represent the interests of their members by comparing the cases of China and Vietnam, where the trade unions are under the leadership of the Communist Party, with that of Russia, where the trade unions have been politically independent for almost two decades. The article examines the changing role of trade unions in the transition from a command to a capitalist economy and the pressures for trade union reform from above and below. The key finding is that the form and extent of independent worker activism, and the response of the state to such activism, are a much more significant determinant of trade union development than is the legal and institutional framework of industrial relations, while the main barriers to trade union reform are the inertia of the trade union apparatus and the dependence of primary union organisations on management.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title:	Post-Communist Economies
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1463-1377
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.21
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 85-101
DOI:	10.1080/14631370802663679
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES-155-25-0071

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