The Yugoslav Economic System (Routledge Revivals)

The Yugoslav Economic System (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Branko Horvat
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2016-05-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317209311

First published in 1976, this book traces the development of the Yugoslav economy from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of 1975, which the author argues was a highly productive era of social innovation. Drawing on personal experience of the Revolution, the Partisan Liberation War and his time as a member of the Federal Planning Board as well as a comprehensive array of written sources, the author attempts to understand the development process, compare policy proclamations with achieved results, study the theories and ideas that led a to certain policy, distinguish the economic and political ingredients in decision making and analyses the causes of success and failure.

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia
Author: David A Dyker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317829514

This book, first published in 1990, analyses contemporary Yugoslavian development strategy in its historical and political context, assessing how corruption, negligence, and an emphasis on industry to the detriment of agriculture and trade, have all played a part in bringing Yugoslavia close to financial and political chaos. The book concludes by considering the contemporary prospects for a more integrated policy approach in the midst of the country's political crisis.

Resistance to Change in the Soviet Economic System (Routledge Revivals)

Resistance to Change in the Soviet Economic System (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Jan Winiecki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317831527

First published in 1991, this book uses a property rights perspective to analyse why there is such widespread resistance to change in the Soviet Economic System. Many within the ruling stratum benefit considerably from their positions, particularly in terms of access to goods and services. In an original conclusion Jan Winiecki argues that a cost-effective way of removing the resistance of the parasitic ruling stratum would be a system of compensatory payments.

Planning in Eastern Europe (Routledge Revivals)

Planning in Eastern Europe (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Andrew H. Dawson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131752599X

Planning is particularly important in Eastern Europe since most spatial change and economic planning are the products of centralised decision-making, which in turn is the product of a systematic socio-political ideology. Planning is therefore an important key to understanding society, economy and spatial change in Eastern Europe. This book, which was first published in 1987, provides a comprehensive overview of planning in Eastern Europe. Each chapter discusses the nature of planning in the country in question and the changes which have taken place since 1945, and examines regional, economic, land-use, environmental protection and urban design policies and their achievements in the post- 1945 period. Introductory chapters discuss the physical, economic and political background of the area and a conclusion considers overall successes and failures and discusses likely future developments. This book is ideal for students of geography.

Communism and Development (Routledge Revivals)

Communism and Development (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Robert Bideleux
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317703065

First published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive reappraisal of the diverse Communist development strategies that shaped the twentieth century. Robert Bideleux emphasises the appalling human and economic costs of the most widely adopted ‘Stalinist’ strategies of forced industrialisation and rural collectivisation. He also reconsiders the powerful arguments in favour of the most feasible and cost-effective alternatives to Stalinism, including ‘village communisms’ and ‘market socialisms’. A highly readable and challenging study, this reissue will be of particular value to students with research interests in Development Studies, East European History and Politics.

Routledge Revivals: Hungary: The Politics of Transition (1995)

Routledge Revivals: Hungary: The Politics of Transition (1995)
Author: Terry Cox
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315452073

First published in 1995, the aim of this book is to review various aspects of the process of democratic transition in Hungary over the period of its first post-communist, freely elected parliament between 1990 and 1994. The studies collected in this book attempt to put them in the context of longer-term trends in Hungarian politics. Hungary offers an example of the problems of political change common to Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc but also demonstrates a relatively stable and successful transformation built on a unique experience under communist rule that helped prepare it for a market-orientated economy transition and political pluralism.

The Functioning of the Yugoslav Economy

The Functioning of the Yugoslav Economy
Author: Radmila Stojanović
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351544454

In this volume, Stojanovic draws together several essays by Yugoslav economists to an English audience. Originally published in 1982, these works present and analyse the issues that faced Yugoslavia‘s economic development and the functioning of their economic system at the time of writing through a wide selection of views. Not only does this work provide an insight into Yugoslavia‘s economic policies, the reader is also granted an insight into the social climate under which these essays were written. This title will be of interest to students of Economics and History.

Political Economy of Reform and Change (Routledge Revivals)

Political Economy of Reform and Change (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Jan Winiecki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-04-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136462430

First published in 1997, this collection of articles and essays analyses the political economy of reform and change in Eastern Europe during the years of Gorbachev’s perestroika and the years immediately following the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Written by Polish economist Jan Winiecki, between 1984 and 1996, this work explores the issue of the feasibility of reform and change during the period of decline and collapse of communist economic order and, later, the emergence of the capitalist economic order in the post-communist Eastern Europe. Split into three parts, the work considers firstly the failures of Gorbachev’s political economy of reform, secondly the determining factors in the collapse of the Soviet system, and finally the feasibility of the systematic change which began in the wake of its collapse.

Political Economy and Soviet Socialism (Routledge Revivals)

Political Economy and Soviet Socialism (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Alec Nove
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136629262

First published in 1979, Political Economy and Soviet Socialism is an integrated selection of papers written over the past 12 years of Russian history, which offers a unique insight into some important and controversial issues. Professor Nove discusses the ideas of some of the leaders of the Russian revolution (Lenin, Trotsky and Bukharin), the political economy of socialism and the problems of the contemporary USSR. The author addresses the role of traditional Russian ideas in shaping the Soviet Union’s social structure and the conceptual problems involved in defining its ruling stratum - whether or not it is a class. He also considers the criteria by which it is reasonable to judge Soviet reality, the performance and prospects of agriculture in communist-ruled Europe, the ability of the Eastern bloc to tackle problems of inflation and the obstacles to economic reform. Looking at the important and original developments of economic thought in the USSR and Eastern Europe, Professor Nove dissects the ideas of the ‘new leftists’ concerning the role of market forces under a feasible socialism. These papers offer essential reading for students of politics, economics and comparative social structure.

Towards a Theory of Planned Economy

Towards a Theory of Planned Economy
Author: Branko Horvat
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre: SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN: 9780429423161

This title was first published in 1964: The purpose of the present study is to examine the issues involved in designing an efficient economic system in given historical circumstances.The author draws heavily on the experiences provided by the failures and successes of the postwar Yugoslav economy. The book is one of the first major studies, in English, of the theory of an economy of the Yugoslav type.