Philip Hanson

The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy

An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept.

Produktdetails

• The Postwar World
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780582299580
• ISBN-10: 0582299586
• Artikelnr.: 22444153

Autorenporträt

Philip Hanson

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Editorial Foreword. Introduction. 1. The Starting Point: the Stalinist Economic System and the Aftermath of War. 2. Khruschev: Home Rewarded, 1953-60. 3. Khruschev: Things Fall Apart, 1960-64. 4. A New Start: Brezhnev, 1964-73. 5. The 'Era of Stagnation': 1973-82. 6. Three Funerals and a Coronation: November 1982-March 1985. 7. Gorbachev and Catastrioka. 8. The End-game, 1989-91. 9. The Soviet Economy in Retrospect. Bibliography. Index.

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List of tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Editorial Foreword. Introduction. 1. The Starting Point: the Stalinist Economic System and the Aftermath of War. 2. Khruschev: Home Rewarded, 1953
60. 3. Khruschev: Things Fall Apart, 1960
64. 4. A New Start: Brezhnev, 1964
73. 5. The 'Era of Stagnation': 1973
82. 6. Three Funerals and a Coronation: November 1982
March 1985. 7. Gorbachev and Catastrioka. 8. The End
game, 1989
91. 9. The Soviet Economy in Retrospect. Bibliography. Index.