From victory to victory to the final retreat

The article presents the changing balance of class forces in the Slovenian transition from self-managed socialism to capitalism. We begin by examining the consolidation of the initial class compromise that set the major course of this process and its institutional solidification in the areas of priv...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Bembič, Branko
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:180404
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/180404
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/tdevorado.118
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Slovenia
Balance of class forces
National bourgeoisie
Technical composition of the labour force
Political composition of the working class
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Summary:The article presents the changing balance of class forces in the Slovenian transition from self-managed socialism to capitalism. We begin by examining the consolidation of the initial class compromise that set the major course of this process and its institutional solidification in the areas of privatisation, macroeconomic policy, welfare state, and industrial relations. This will be followed by an account of the erosion of the conditions for compromise in the subsequent periods and the weakening of working class organisations. Finally, we propose an explanation in terms of the operaist [workerism] conceptual pair of technical composition of labour force and the political composition of working class