The political economy of Stalinism evidence from the Soviet secret archives

Using formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the Soviet administrative command system, this study concludes that the system failed not because of Stalin and later leaders, but because of the economic system. It pinpoints the reasons for failure such as poor planning, u...

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Autor principal: Gregory, Paul R. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ©2004.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Using formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the Soviet administrative command system, this study concludes that the system failed not because of Stalin and later leaders, but because of the economic system. It pinpoints the reasons for failure such as poor planning, unreliable supplies, preferential treatment of indigenous enterprises as well as the basic principal-agent conflict between planners and producers, which created a sixty-year reform stalemate. Although the command system was the most significant human experiment of the twentieth century, its basic contradictions and inherent flaws would re-surface if it were to be repeated.--Publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 289-300) e índice.
ISBN:9780511062575
9780511121449
9780511615856
9780511071034
9781280161445
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