Disembedding the Company from Kinship: Unethical Families and Atomized Labor in an Estonian Mine Cover Image

Disembedding the Company from Kinship: Unethical Families and Atomized Labor in an Estonian Mine
Disembedding the Company from Kinship: Unethical Families and Atomized Labor in an Estonian Mine

Author(s): Eeva Keskuela
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Центр независимых социологических исследований (ЦНСИ)
Keywords: Kinship; Codes of Ethics; Labor Collective; Embeddedness of Economy; Labor Atomization; Third-Wave Marketization

Summary/Abstract: This article looks at the dynamics of the relationship between the company and the family in an Estonian mining town. In the Soviet period, the "double movement" of the second wave of marketization ensured that the family continued to be embedded in the workplace.

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 58-76
  • Page Count: 19