Abramov R.N. «It Is Enough!»: The Life and Adventures of the Post-Soviet Working Class Seen Through the Eyes of a Foreign Ethnographer Book Review: Morris J. (2016) Everyday Post-Socialism. Working-Class Communities in the Russian Mar-gins, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 292 p. Journal of Economic Sociology, 2018, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 209-229.

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Abstract

This article is a review of the new book by ethnographer Jeremy Morris “Everyday Post-Socialism. Working-Class Communities in the Russian Margins”. The book is based on the ethnographic study of the life and work of the population of the provincial industrial russian town Isluchino in the period 2009-2012. Characteristics of the phenomenon of soviet and postsoviet of single-industry towns are given. These settlements have a lot of social problems now because of the deindustrialization period during 1990th. The author analyses social positions of Isluchino inhabitants and describes their family, labour and biographical traces. This study shows the importance of the transition from the soviet to postsoviet period for Russian working class. Workers lost respected status and stable employment during the 1990-ies and moved to the survival situation. Aged and young generations have misunderstanding about the vision of their positions in the social and occupational structure. Morris speaks of women’s role in working class families whose function is to care for and the maintain family integrity. The author pays special attention to labor relations at local enterprises and demonstrates the transformation of corporate cultures of local businesses. Rigid managerial models of the business administration changed former soft paternalism in the management soviet enterprises. The book contains the methodological reflection of Morris on his professional role as an ethnographer. This book is interesting for sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, experts in gender studies and labor relations. This article is a review of the new book by ethnographer JeremyMorris “Everyday Post-Socialism. Working-Class Communities inthe Russian Margins”. The book is based on the ethnographic studyof the life and work of the population of the provincial industrialrussian town Isluchino in the period 2009-2012. Characteristics ofthe phenomenon of soviet and postsoviet of single-industry towns aregiven. These settlements have a lot of social problems now becauseof the deindustrialization period during 1990th. The author analysessocial positions of Isluchino inhabitants and describes their family,labour and biographical traces. This study shows the importanceof the transition from the soviet to postsoviet period for Russianworking class. Workers lost respected status and stable employmentduring the 1990-ies and moved to the survival situation. Aged andyoung generations have misunderstanding about the vision of theirpositions in the social and occupational structure. Morris speaks of women’s role in working class familieswhose function is to care for and the maintain family integrity. The author pays special attention to laborrelations at local enterprises and demonstrates the transformation of corporate cultures of local businesses.Rigid managerial models of the business administration changed former soft paternalism in the managementsoviet enterprises. The book contains the methodological reflection of Morris on his professional role as anethnographer. This book is interesting for sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, experts in genderstudies and labor relations.