Building A Ruin: The Cold War Politics Of Soviet Economic Reform Yakov Feygin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance

A Masterful Account Of The Global Cold War’s Decisive Influence On Soviet Economic Reform And National Decay That Followed What Brought Down Union? From Some Perspectives Answers Seem Obvious Even Teleological—Communism Was Simply Destined To Fail When Yakov Feygin Studied Question He Came Another Conclusion: At Least One Crucial Factor Deep Contradiction Within Political Economy About By Country’s Attempt Transition Stalinist Mass Mobilization Consumer Society Building Ruin Explores Happened In Union As Institutions Designed For Warfighting Capacity Maximum Heavy Industrial Output Were Reimagined New Breed Reformers Focused “Peaceful Socioeconomic Competition ” Khrushchev Influential Schools Planning Measured War Success Same Terms Their Western Rivals: Productivity Growth Availability Abundant Varied Goods Shift Both Material Intellectual With Taking Novel Approach Economics Instead Trumpeting Ideological Bona Fides Leveraging Connections Party Leaders Economists Stressed Technical Expertise Result Long Taxing Struggle Meaning Communism Itself Old-Guard Management Cadres Clashed Over Future Central State’s Relationship Order Argues Policymakers Never Resolved These Tensions Leading Stagnation Instability Eventually Collapse Yet Legacy Lingers Its Factional Dynamics Haunting Contemporary Russian Politics Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0909 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm