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This description of real-world models and interpretive perspectives on Soviet economic and political theory and practice from 1917 through 1991 encompasses War Communism, New Economic Policy, Stalinism, and the reforms and debates of Krushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev. The work focuses on political economy as contrasted with pure economy, and it is organized on a more or less historical basis. The work demonstrates the forces that led to the disintegration of the Soviet state.
Table des matières
Preface
Introduction
War Communism: Transitional Command Economy
New Economic Policy: Bolshevik Mixed Economy
Stalin and Totalitarian State-Directed Economy: Origins, Institutions, and Policies
Stalin and Totalitarian State-Directed Economy: Consequences and Contradictions
Krushchev and Authoritarian Reforms Economy
Brezhnev and Oligarchic Collectivism
Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialist Economy: Origins, Institutions, and Policies
Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialist Economy: Consequences and Contradictions
Disintegration of the Soviet Politico-Economic System
References
Index
A propos de l'auteur
A. F. DOWLAH is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science at the State University of New York, Canton. Formerly, he taught at the University of Southern California, California State University at Fullerton and at Los Angeles. He has authored a number of papers and a book entitled Perestroika: An Inquiry Into its Historical, Ideological, and Intellectual Roots (1990).
