The transformation of communist systems : economic reform since the 1950s
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The transformation of communist systems : economic reform since the 1950s
（Social change in global perspective）
Westview, 1994
- : pbk
- : hc
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Les réformes economiques à l'Est de 1950 à 1990
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"This translation has been revised and updated from the French original"--T.p. verso
"Published in French in 1992 by Editions Nathan, Paris, ..."--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 213-214
Includes index
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Description
Highlighting the main problems posed by economic reform in communist countries, this book examines the countries of the former Soviet bloc and China. The author provides a comparative historical perspective in economic change from the creation of the Stalinist system through three major waves of reform, to the ultimate dismantling of the most socialist governments. He argues that the collapse of the European communist regimes was due to the failure of both incremental and radical reforms to adapt to the new economic challenges of the late-20th century.
Table of Contents
- The Traditional System: The Institutional Base
- Central Planning
- The Other Parts of the System
- The Socialist Economy in Stalinist Doctrine. Systemic Adjustments: Poland as Pioneer and Then Laggard (1956-1979)
- Big Brother Modernizes - The Soviet Union (1957-1985)
- An Original Way - East Germany (1963-1989). Radical Reform: Self-Management and the Retreat from Planning in Yugoslavia (1950-1964)
- Plan and Market in Czechoslovakia (1966-1979)
- Hungary's New Economic Mechanism (1968-1979)
- Modernization in China Under Deng Xiaoping (1979-1989). Toward the Dismantling of the System: The Evolution of Reformist Ideas During the 1980s
- The New Yugoslav Experiments (1965-1991)
- Poland - From Solidarity to the "Big Bang" (1980-1991)
- The Hungarian Laboratory of Radicalization (1980-1991)
- From the GDR to the Five New States (1990-1991).
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