| Description |
1 online resource (319 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Introduction; Table of Contents; I. Political Economy; 1. Was Stalin really necessary?; 2. The uses and abuses of Kremlinology; 3. The politics of economic rationality; II. Industrial Growth and Planning; 4. The prospects of Soviet economic growth; 5. The problem of 'success indicators' in Soviet industry; 6. Soviet planning: reforms in prospect; 7. Principal problems of Soviet planning; III. Agriculture; 8. The peasants in Soviet literature since Stalin; 9. Soviet agriculture marks time |
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10. Rural taxation in the USSR11. Incentives for peasants and administrators; IV. Labour, Welfare; 12. A study of Soviet wages; 13. Social welfare in the USSR; V. Statistics; 14. The purchasing power of the Soviet rouble; 15. Occupational patterns in the USSR and Great Britain; 16. Economic irrationality and irrational statistics; VI. Ideology; 17. Communism; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1964, Was Stalin Really Necessary? is a thought-provoking work which deals with many aspects of the Soviet political economy, planning problems and statistics. Professor Nove starts with an attempt to evaluate the rationality of Stalinism and discusses the possible political consequences of the search for greater economic efficiency, which is followed by a controversial discussion of Kremlinology. The author goes on to analyse the situation of the peasants as reflected in literary journals, then looks at industrial and agricultural problems. There are elaborate s |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic history -- 1917-
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1959-1965.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125741
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136629488 |
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1136629483 |
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