TY - JOUR AB - Social policy, labour markets and industrial relations are closely linked, both empirically and conceptually, as described in the first part of the paper using examples drawn from the USA and Europe. The same issues are then explored in more detail for the Russian case. The latter half of the paper presents the results of a new survey of Russian heads of household in St Petersburg, Moscow and Voronezh. The households have been selected from among those unemployed, on forced leave, facing imminent redundancy, or recently re‐employed after unemployment. Interactions between these four labour market states, household labour market strategies, and their variations across the three cities are explored. Conclusions regarding the current mix of social policy, labour markets and industrial relations in Russia close the paper. VL - 19 IS - 1/2 SN - 0143-7720 DO - 10.1108/01437729810369776 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729810369776 AU - Manning Nick PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Social policy, labour markets, unemployment, and household strategies in Russia T2 - International Journal of Manpower PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 48 EP - 67 Y2 - 2024/04/16 ER -