Decision-making in the Stalinist Command Economy, 1932–37
Author | : E. A. Rees |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 1997-04-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781349252954 |
ISBN-13 | : 1349252956 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Download or read book Decision-making in the Stalinist Command Economy, 1932–37 written by E. A. Rees and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-04-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed examination of economic policy-making in the USSR during the period of the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937). The work examines the process by which the plan was formulated and implemented, through a series of detailed case-studies, based on archival material, examining the role of the Politburo, the Soviet government, Gosplan and the main economic commissariats. It examines the relationship between the conflicts within the economic commissariats and the unleashing of the Great Purges 1936-38. The work aims towards a new conceptualisation of the Stalinist state.