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The Transformation Of Communist Systems Economic Reform Since The 1950s
225 Pages
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Routledge
225 Pages
by
Routledge
225 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the confrontation between the two main economic systems that has marked the twentieth century, capitalism has been declared the winner–by default– over its adversary, socialism. Today, establishing a market economy has become the primary goal of the formerly socialist countries. The history of economic reform helps explain this remarkable turning point. Attempts to improve the old centralized... Read more
Introduction -- The Traditional System -- The Institutional Base -- Central Planning -- Other Parts of the System -- The Socialist Economy in Stalinist Doctrine -- Systemic Adjustments -- Poland: 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 (1966–1969) -- 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) -- Conclusion -- Epilogue
Biography
Bernard Chavanceis associate professor at the University of Paris VII. Charles Hauss teaches in the Public and International Affairs Department of George Mason University.
