Western Perceptions of Soviet Economic Trends
Author: Richard F. Kaufman
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
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Soviet Perceptions of the United States
Author: Morton Schwartz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780520040946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFashion Meets Socialism
Author: Jukka Gronow
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Published: 2015-08-19
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9522227528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents, above all, a study of the establishment and development of the Soviet organization and system of fashion industry and design as it gradually evolved in the years after the Second World War in the Soviet Union, which was, in the understanding of its leaders, reaching the mature or last stage of socialism when the country was firmly set on the straight trajectory to its final goal, Communism. What was typical of this complex and extensive system of fashion was that it was always loyally subservient to the principles of the planned socialist economy. This did not by any means indicate that everything the designers and other fashion professionals did was dictated entirely from above by the central planning agencies. Neither did it mean that their professional judgment would have been only secondary to ideological and political standards set by the Communist Party and the government of the Soviet Union. On the contrary, as our study shows, the Soviet fashion professionals had a lot of autonomy. They were eager and willing to exercise their own judgment in matters of taste and to set the agenda of beauty and style for Soviet citizens. The present book is the first comprehensive and systematic history of the development of fashion and fashion institutions in the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Our study makes use of rich empirical and historical material that has been made available for the first time for scientific analysis and discussion. The main sources for our study came from the state, party and departmental archives of the former Soviet Union. We also make extensive use of oral history and the writings published in Soviet popular and professional press.
The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy
Author: Philip Hanson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-11
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1317885376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy 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.
Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Published: 2021-03
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781646794973
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Soviet Economic Growth
Author: Gur Ofer
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis survey of modern Soviet economic growth is based almost exclusively on Western works and does not include direct references to Soviet scholarly work. It is directed to the general public of economists, and therefore contains a section on sources of economic information about the Soviet Union and several subsections, such as the one describing the basics of the operation of the Soviet system, that are only indirectly related to the main issue. Contents: Introduction; Availability and Reliability of Information; The Growth Record; Structural Changes; The Socialist System and its Growth Strategy; R & D and Technological Change; The R & D Sector; Why did Growth Rates Decline?; Production Function Estimates; Evaluation and Conclusion-or, can The Trend be Reversed? (KR).
NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc
Author: Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-05-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1317801644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the NATO reports on the Soviet bloc's political and economic system, from 1951 to the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of detente. As part of the wider history of Cold War Alliances, the detailed assessments of the NATO experts regarding the non-military aspects of Soviet power are a crucial indicator of Western/allied perceptions of the adversary. Their study allows us to widen the discussion on the Western alliance, the accuracy of its information or perceptions, and the nature of the Cold War. Hatzivassiliou argues that the Cold War was not only a strategic dilemma (although it certainly was that, as well), but also the latest stage of the crisis of legitimization which had been raging since the dawn of modernity. NATO/Western analysis is examined in this context. At the same time, the book discusses the relative influence of the major NATO members – US and British influence was strong while French, West German and Italian influence was also significant – in the drafting of the reports, and thus in shaping the alliance’s perceptions during the Cold War. This book will be of much interest to students of NATO, Cold War Studies, international history, foreign policy and IR in general.
Joint Economic Report
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 1240
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U.S. Government & Translated Soviet Reports Declassified & Combined: Economic Trends And Projections For The Soviet Union - 1950s To The 1990s
Author: U.S. Government
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
Published:
Total Pages: 3770
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 3,700 total pages .... Just a sample of the CONTENTS: THE SOVIET ECONOMY FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO DATE RESEARCH AID 1950 RUBLE-DOLLAR PRICE RATIOS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE USSR AND THE U.S. TRENDS IN THE SOVIET ECONOMY 1950-1963 THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN 1956-1957 AND PLANS FOR 1958-1962 SOVIET ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN PERIOD 1959-1965 SOVIET MANPOWER PROSPECTS FOR THE 1970S THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN 1972 AND 1973 THE SOVIET ECONOMY 1974 RESULTS AND 1975 PROSPECTS THE SOVIET ECONOMY- PERFORMANCE IN 1975 AND PROSPECTS FOR 1976 THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN 1976-77 AND OUTLOOK FOR 1978 THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN 1978-79 AND PROSPECTS FOR 1980 THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN 1983 AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 1984 SSCI BRIEFING ON PROSPECTIVE SOVIET ECONOMIC TRENDS, 24 NOVEMBER 1987 THE IMPACT OF GORBACHEV'S POLICIES ON SOVIET ECONOMIC STATISTICS SOVIET ENERGY PROSPECTS INTO THE 1990'S THE VICTORIOUS STRIDES OF THE SOVIET ECONOMY AND THE MISERABLE ATTEMPTS OF THE UNSCRUPULOUS EXPERTS THE STATE OF THE SOVIET ECONOMY AND THE ROLE OF EAST-WEST TRADE THE IMPACT OF GORBACHEV'S POLICIES ON SOVIET ECONOMIC STATISTICS THE ECONOMY OF THE SOVIET BLOC A BRIEF GUIDE THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOVIET SOCIETY- PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS USSR- THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TRADE IN THE ECONOMY USSR- IMPACT OF CREDIT RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN TRADE AND THE ECONOMY SURVEY OF THE ECONOMIES OF THE SINO-SOVIET BLOC SOVIET WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY SOVIET COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY- LITTLE PROSPECT FOR CATCHING UP PROSPECTS FOR SOVIET OIL IN THE 1980S MAIN FUNCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SERVING THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR MODELLING THE SOVIET ECONOMY- SOVSIM AT FIVE MODELING THE SOVIET ECONOMY- SOVSIM AFTER SIX YEARS SOVIET STATISTICAL FALSIFICATION AT THE ENTERPRISE LEVEL THE IMPACT ON CIA MEASURES OF THE SOVIET ECONOMY JPRS ID- 10465 USSR REPORT TRANSPORTATION JPRS ID- 9397 TRANSLATION USSR ECONOMY IN 1978- STATISTICAL YEARBOOK. JPRS ID- 9318 USSR REPORT AGRICULTURE JPRS ID- 9143 USSR REPORT CYBERNETICS, COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY JPRS ID- 8984 USSR REPORT HUMAN RESOURCES JPRS ID- 10371 USSR REPORT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS JPRS ID- 10083 USSR REPORT CONSUMER GOODS AND DOMESTIC TRADE
