Perestroika in the Countryside - Agricultural Reform in the Gorbachev Era

The contributors to this collection of papers come from the fields of economics, history and political science. Amongst other topics they discuss Gorbachev's agricultural reforms in the light of the Stolypin reforms at the beginning of the century.

List of contents

Introduction, Gorbachev and Stolypin Soviet Agrarian Reform in Historical Perspective, Devolution in Decision Making and Organizational Change in Soviet Agriculture, Reforming Soviet Agriculture Problems with Farm Finances and Equity Considerations, Lease Contracting in Soviet Agriculture in 1989, “Full-Scale, Like Collectivization, but without Collectivization’s Excesses” The Campaign to Introduce the Family and1 Lease Contract in Soviet Agriculture, Possible Impacts of Agricultural Trade Liberalization on the USSR, Hungarian Agriculture Lessons for the Soviet Union, Index, About the Editor

About the author

WILLIAM MOSKOFF, D. K. Pearsons Professor of Economics at Lake Forest College, is editor of the journal Comparative Economic Studies. Author of Labor and Leisure in the Soviet Union: Public and Private Decision-making in a Planned Economy and The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II, Moskoff is also the coeditor (with Susan J. Linz) of Reorganization and Reform in the Soviet Economy and (with Anthony Jones) of Perestroika and the Economy: New Thinking in Soviet Economics. He is currently at work on a study of the development of cooperatives in the USSR.

Summary

The contributors to this collection of papers come from the fields of economics, history and political science. Amongst other topics they discuss Gorbachev's agricultural reforms in the light of the Stolypin reforms at the beginning of the century.

Product details

• Authors: William Moskoff, Moskoff William
• Assisted by: William Moskoff (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780873327671
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-767-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Osteuropa, 1980 bis 1989 n. Chr., UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Agrarwirtschaft und primärer Sektor, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Central / national / federal government policies, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Agriculture & Related Industries, Central government policies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet