Erosion of self-management – a Yugoslav factory in post-socialist transition

Kathrin Jurkat

doi:10.5771/1435-2869-2017-1-101

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- 3–4 Editorial 3–4
- 5–20 The basic characteristics of the information technology sector in Serbia Dalibor Miletić, Anka Vojvodić, Marko Vojvodić Dalibor Miletić, Anka Vojvodić, Marko Vojvodić 5–20
- 21–30 Brexit – Implications for south-east European countries Ela Golemi Ela Golemi 21–30
- 31–48 Challenges and impacts of the digital transformation of society in the social sphere Miodrag Komarčević, Milovan Dimić, Petar Čelik Miodrag Komarčević, Milovan Dimić, Petar Čelik 31–48
- 49–84 Labour market transitions of young women and men in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski 49–84
- 85–100 The impact of economic growth on inflation and unemployment in Bulgaria, 2006-2016Lyuboslav Kostov 85–100
- 101–116 Erosion of self-management – a Yugoslav factory in post-socialist transition Kathrin Jurkat Kathrin Jurkat 101–116
- 117–138 Incorporation of international human rights into national legislation: The case of Kosovo Remzije Istrefi, Iliriana Islami Remzije Istrefi, Iliriana Islami 117–138
- 139–152 Consequences of administrative silence in public administration Mirlinda Batalli Mirlinda Batalli 139–152
- 153–154 About the Authors 153–154
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SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe , page 101 - 116

Erosion of self-management – a Yugoslav factory in post-socialist transition

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Kathrin Jurkat

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2017-1-101
- ISSN: 1435-2869
- ISSN online: 2942-3384
Abstract

The Yugoslav system of self-management was often seen by those on the left in the west as a model for a socialist economic order which gave real power to workers. Yet, at the end of the 1980s workers themselves decided on the property transformation of their factories which saw the abolition of the bodies of self-management within their factories and their replacement by capitalist forms of work relationship. Using historical anthropological research sources and her own empirical research into workers at Jugoremedija, a pharmaceutical factory in Serbia, the author explores the realities of self-management for workers in socialist Yugoslavia and then, after an historic overview, establishes her answers - among others - in the extent to which such bodies had become discredited by too close an association with the political elites and by western styles of share ownership being preferred despite the obvious attractions of job security underpinning self-management. Here, the trade union also comes in for criticism in terms of the neglect of its role in ensuring workers were kept fully informed.
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