The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History - An Insider's History

The political collapse of the Soviet Union has been much better documented than the course of its economic and social disintegration. To get an inside account, Ellman and Kontorovich questioned former top Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors (both Soviet and foreign) who were privy not only to the data but also to the internal policy debate during the 1980s. They have woven their informants' analyses of key issues and turning points into a compelling history of systemic collapse.

List of contents

Chapter 1 About the Study, Michael Ellman, Vladimir Kontorovich; Chapter 2 What We Learn from the Insiders, Michael Ellman, Vladimir Kontorovich; Chapter 3 The USSR in the Mid-1980s: Structural Factors; Chapter 4 The USSR in the Mid-1980s: Rulers’ Perceptions; Chapter 5 Early Attempts at Change, 1983–1987; Chapter 6 ‘Radical’ Economic Reform, 1987–1989; Chapter 7 Political Reform, 1988–1991; Chapter 8 Attempts at Market Reform, 1989–1991; Chapter 9 Reforms on the Sectoral and Enterprise Levels; Chapter 10 From Reform to the Eve of Revolution;

About the author

Michael Ellman, Vladimir Kontorovich

Summary

In order to understand the course of economic and social disintegration in the Soviet Union, various questions were put to Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors of the 1980s. This text assembles the analyses of key issues and turning points into a history of the systemic collapse.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ellman, Ellman Michael, Vladimir Kontorovich, Kontorovich Vladimir
• Assisted by: Michael Ellman (Editor), Vladimir Kontorovich (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1998
• EAN: 9780765602633
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0263-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economic history, International Economics, Political Economy, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989