Soviet Industry from Stalin to Gorbachev
Author: Joseph S. Berliner
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 328
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Author: Joseph S. Berliner
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph S. Berliner
Publisher:
Published: 1988-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781852780609
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'This is an admirable collection of essays by a first-class student of the internal workings of the Soviet economy. . . they present a brilliant account of the development of our understanding of managerial behaviour in a centrally planned economy. Highly recommended.' - Michael Bleaney, The Economic Journal
Author: Alec Nove
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-06-28
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1134868871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on personal experience of life in the Soviet Union Nove explains the phenomenon of Stalinism and its aftermath. In highly readable style, Professor Nove traces the origins of Stalinism, analyzes its nature and achievements, examines the process of destalinization which followed Stalin's death, and explores the evolution of the Soviet system under Krushchev and Brezhnev. Stalinism and After is not a biography; it is a study of the effect of the political personalities of one man and his successors on the development of Soviet history. It is within this context that Professor Nove examines the new thinking of Gorbachev and the now-familiar catchwords of his regime: perestroika, glasnost, demokratizatsiya, and uskoreniye.
Author: Robert V. Daniels
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0429718659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory is always full of surprises as it unfolds before us. The Soviet Union, for decades a seemingly frozen monolith of totalitarian rigidity and paranoid bellicosity, suddenly finds itself under a leader in the person of Mikhail Gorbachev who calls for "radical restructuring," openness," and even a "revolution." Outsiders justly wonder if this m
Author: Maria Rogacheva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-07-10
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1107196361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.
Author: David A. Dyker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 113501891X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of genuine debate in the mid-1980s, raising doubts from Western specialists regarding his radicalism and ability to reform the Soviet economic system in particular. Here, Dyker and his colleagues assess the changes Gorbachev had already made to consolidate his power base, alongside those that he was proposing to make to agriculture, industry and foreign relations at the time of publication. The book speculates about how Gorbachev might implement his proposed political and economic reforms, what opposition he might encounter and how successful he would be. A fascinating insight into Soviet economic and political policy in the years leading up to the Union’s collapse, this work will be of particular importance to students and academics researching the personality of Gorbachev and the political and economic history of the Soviet Union.
Author: Chris Miller
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2016-10-13
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1469630184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms play in the country's dissolution? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that Gorbachev and his allies tried to learn from the great success story of transitions from socialism to capitalism, Deng Xiaoping's China. Why, then, were efforts to revitalize Soviet socialism so much less successful than in China? Making use of never-before-studied documents from the Soviet politburo and other archives, Miller argues that the difference between the Soviet Union and China--and the ultimate cause of the Soviet collapse--was not economics but politics. The Soviet government was divided by bitter conflict, and Gorbachev, the ostensible Soviet autocrat, was unable to outmaneuver the interest groups that were threatened by his economic reforms. Miller's analysis settles long-standing debates about the politics and economics of perestroika, transforming our understanding of the causes of the Soviet Union's rapid demise.
Author: Seweryn Bialer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 0429718640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Soviet post-Stalin period is examined in its economic, political, and foreign policy dimensions, stressing the factors that provided the gestation environment for Gorbachev's reforms. There follows an analysis of the nature, sources, and plausible outcomes of Gorbachev's "revolution" and the strategies he is applying to it. A separate part of the book examines the changing goals of past U.S. policies toward the Soviet Union and their effectiveness in influencing Soviet behavior. The final part puts forth suggestions and prescriptions for a U.S.approach to the changes in Soviet economic, security, and foreign policies. The East-West Forum is a New York-based research and policy analysis organization sponsored by the Samuel Bronfman Foundation. Its goal is to bring together experts and policy leaders from differing perspectives and generations to discuss changing patterns of East-West relations. It attempts to formulate long-term analyses and recommendations. In preparing the chapters of this book, the authors drew upon the work of a series of workshops initiated by the Forum.
Author: Susan Muaddi Darraj
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1438131771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes some of the major events in Soviet history, such as the rise of communism in Russia, the terror and expansionist policies of Joseph Stalin, the election of Mikhail Gorbachev, the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and much more.
Author: Diane P. Koenker
Publisher:
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 836
ISBN-13: 9781780393803
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