Conflict and Decision-Making in Soviet Russia
Conflict and Decision-Making in Soviet Russia

Author: Sidney I. Ploss

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1400875226

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This discussion of agricultural policy in the decade after Stalin shows how decisions are made and then enforced. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933
The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933

Author: R. Davies

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-13

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 0230273971

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This book examines the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. It is the first volume in English to make extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives to assess the extent and causes of the famine. It reaches new conclusions on how far the famine was 'organized' or 'artificial', and compares it with other Russian and Soviet famines and with major twentieth century famines elsewhere. Against this background, it discusses the emergence of collective farming as an economic and social system.

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective
Soviet Agriculture in Perspective

Author: Erich Strauss

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-14

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 100088208X

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Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework within which Soviet agriculture had to operate from the start: the dilemma of a revolutionary regime in a backward peasant country, the straightjacket of a bureaucratic system inherited from Tsarism, made even more rigid by the internal tensions of the new society, and the imperative needs of economic development. In analysing Soviet agricultural policy, it looks at the appropriate volume of agricultural output, the need for massive capital investment, the level of prices and costs, and the optimum size of a farm.

Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation
Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation

Author: D. J. Male

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1971-02-02

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780521078849

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Historical study of political aspects of the land tenure system in the USSR and intergroup relations between rural worker societies (communes) and political party organisations (rural soviets) leading to the onset of the collective economy in agriculture. Bibliography pp. 239 to 247, references and statistical tables.

The Moral Economy Reconsidered
The Moral Economy Reconsidered

Author: S. Wegren

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-08-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0230601138

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Sure to be controversial and spur debate, this book presents a powerful analysis of rural change to marketization and globalization. Using Russia as a case study, it examines the how the rural population responded to reform policies during the transition away from communism. Wegren draws upon extensive field work, survey data, interviews, and wide-ranging Russian language source material to investigate adaptive behaviours by different groups of the rural population. The differentiated and nuanced analysis sheds considerable light on debates over whether actors are motivated mainly by rational or moral considerations.

Agriculture and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
Agriculture and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Author: Stephen Wegren

Publisher:

Published: 1998-07-16

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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This analysis of the social, economic and political factors affecting contemporary Russian reform is organized around the central question of the role of the state and its effect on the course of Russian agrarian reform.