Mihai Varga is Senior Researcher at the Eastern Europe Institute, Freie Universität Berlin

‘Varga’s book is first and foremost a package of case studies and is excellent in presenting and comparing these cases.’Teppo Eskelinen, Department of social sciences and philosophy, University of Jyväskylä

• 1. Theorising transformation from a Labour perspective2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two approaches to managing worker discontent3. A theory of Labour strategy4. Struggles at the Plant5. Struggles for the Plant6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and outcomes7. The difficult road to strategyConclusionsSelect bibliographyAppendix of interview respondentsIndex

Mihai Varga is Senior Researcher at the Eastern Europe Institute, Freie Universität Berlin

‘Varga’s book is first and foremost a package of case studies and is excellent in presenting and comparing these cases.’Teppo Eskelinen, Department of social sciences and philosophy, University of Jyväskylä

• 1. Theorising transformation from a Labour perspective2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two approaches to managing worker discontent3. A theory of Labour strategy4. Struggles at the Plant5. Struggles for the Plant6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and outcomes7. The difficult road to strategyConclusionsSelect bibliographyAppendix of interview respondentsIndex

Mihai Varga is Senior Researcher at the Eastern Europe Institute, Freie Universität Berlin

‘Varga’s book is first and foremost a package of case studies and is excellent in presenting and comparing these cases.’Teppo Eskelinen, Department of social sciences and philosophy, University of Jyväskylä

• 1. Theorising transformation from a Labour perspective2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two approaches to managing worker discontent3. A theory of Labour strategy4. Struggles at the Plant5. Struggles for the Plant6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and outcomes7. The difficult road to strategyConclusionsSelect bibliographyAppendix of interview respondentsIndex