Reforming the Soviet Economy
Author | : Ed A. Hewett |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780815736035 |
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Author | : Ed A. Hewett |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780815736035 |
Author | : Chris Miller |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2016-10-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469630184 |
For half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms play in the country's dissolution? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that Gorbachev and his allies tried to learn from the great success story of transitions from socialism to capitalism, Deng Xiaoping's China. Why, then, were efforts to revitalize Soviet socialism so much less successful than in China? Making use of never-before-studied documents from the Soviet politburo and other archives, Miller argues that the difference between the Soviet Union and China--and the ultimate cause of the Soviet collapse--was not economics but politics. The Soviet government was divided by bitter conflict, and Gorbachev, the ostensible Soviet autocrat, was unable to outmaneuver the interest groups that were threatened by his economic reforms. Miller's analysis settles long-standing debates about the politics and economics of perestroika, transforming our understanding of the causes of the Soviet Union's rapid demise.
Author | : Susan J. Linz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2019-07-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1315493195 |
Richly represented in the Russian folktale tradition, the legends in this work are religious tales in a peasant village setting. Among the standard themes is the return of Christ, who wanders through rural Russia with his disciples. Satan appears too, as do a cast of spirits and lesser devils.
Author | : Ed A. Hewett |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815721129 |
In this book, Ed A. Hewett provides a detailed, scholarly guide that analyzes Soviet economic reforms.
Author | : Jan Adam |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 1989-01-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1349197092 |
The author discusses the traditional system of management of the economy as it existed in the early 1950s in the USSR and goes on to deal with the reforms of the 1960s and of the 1980s, country by country. He shows that the focus of the reforms is on finding a proper combination of planning and the market mechanism, and their success will be judged by their ability to solve acute economic problems.
Author | : Harley Balzer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000312690 |
It is my sincere hope that the reforms currently being introduced in the USSR will render much of this book obsolete. Yet, even if perestroika brings significant change to the Soviet Union, historians will want a record of what existed before. After four years, it has become apparent that perestroika is a painful long-term process. In such a large and diverse country, even the reforms that are successful cannot take place everywhere at once. One major goal in publishing this book is to make data from a major interview project on Soviet science and technology available to a broader audience. Despite the changes taking place, many of the features illuminated by these unique data persist.
Author | : Leo Cooper |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1991-06-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1349117021 |
Since Gorbachev came to power much has happened in the Soviet Union. This book provides a comprehensive and composite analysis of the reforms that have taken place in the Soviet Union since 1985.
Author | : Philip Hanson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2014-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317885376 |
Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept.
Author | : David A. Dyker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1135018901 |
Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of genuine debate in the mid-1980s, raising doubts from Western specialists regarding his radicalism and ability to reform the Soviet economic system in particular. Here, Dyker and his colleagues assess the changes Gorbachev had already made to consolidate his power base, alongside those that he was proposing to make to agriculture, industry and foreign relations at the time of publication. The book speculates about how Gorbachev might implement his proposed political and economic reforms, what opposition he might encounter and how successful he would be. A fascinating insight into Soviet economic and political policy in the years leading up to the Union’s collapse, this work will be of particular importance to students and academics researching the personality of Gorbachev and the political and economic history of the Soviet Union.
Author | : David A. Dyker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2002-01-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134917457 |
Restructuring the Soviet Economy examines the Soviet leadership's most urgent question - how to revitalize the soviet economy. David Dyker argues that the current impasse can can only be understood in the context of the failure of 60 years of central planning. He analyses both the problems besetting the centrally planned system and those that have paralysed perestroika and assesses whether the most ambitious attempt ever to reform the Soviet economy will succeed.