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Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. J. L. Porket

    1. St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Types of Economic System and Unemployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Types of Economic System

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 3-16

    3. Types of Unemployment

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 17-40

  3. A History of the Soviet Case

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-42
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    2. The First Decade

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 43-55

    3. The Stalin Era

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 56-71

    4. The Post-Stalin Era

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 72-89

  4. An Analysis of the Soviet Case

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-92
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    2. Open Unregistered Unemployment

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 93-113

    3. Overmanning

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 114-143

    4. The Use of Educational Qualifications

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 144-164

    5. Labour Supply and Demand

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 165-180

    6. Prospects

      • J. L. Porket
      Pages 181-203

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 204-250
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A book distinguishing between the situation in the labour market and the utilization of the employed labour force in the Soviet Union. The author attempts to show that since the abolition of open registered unemployment in 1930 the economy has suffered from chronic and general overmanning.

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  • St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

    J. L. Porket

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