In 1990, Simon Clarke inaugurated two decades of research of the former Soviet Union through an international collaboration with Russian sociologists that examined a society in the throes of transformation. Along with his colleague Peter Fairbrother, Simon developed a network of Russian researchers in the Institute of Comparative Labour Relations Research. Together they produced a corpus of work that meticulously analysed the impact of economic reform on workplaces and households and the response of workers and their organisations. This piece is an extended version of a published interview with Simon conducted by two of his former students, Sarah Ashwin and Valery Yakubovich.
AlasheevS (1995) On a particular kind of love and the specificity of Soviet production. In: ClarkeS (ed.) Management and Industry in Russia: Formal and Informal Relations in the Period of Transition. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 82–98.
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ClarkeSVarshavskayaLAlasheevS, et al. (2000) The myth of the urban peasant. Work, Employment and Society14: 481–499.
