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Union Weakness and Post‐Communist Identities in Eastern Europe: Evidence From the Hungarian Clothing Industry
Author(s) -
Frege Carola M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00200
Subject(s) - communism , clothing , identity (music) , weakness , soviet union , political science , post communist , political economy , clothing industry , economic system , economy , market economy , economics , law , aesthetics , medicine , philosophy , politics , anatomy
The literature on Eastern Europe usually points to the desperate economic situation and hostile employers as explanations for post‐communist union weakness. This paper examines an alternative explanation based on mobilisation theory. It argues that a major reason for labour quiescence is the incapability of unions to mobilise their membership which is partly hindered by unions' failure to modernise their communist role identity.