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1 online resource |
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Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe |
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Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: competition in state socialism; Historical background; Organisation of the book; Notes; 1. 'To catch up and overtake' the West: Soviet discourse on socialist competition; Russian backwardness' and the 'American tempo'; We need Americanism and Marxism'; Socialist versus capitalist industrialisation; Soviet ethics as 'real' humanism; Notes; 2. Optimal planning, optimal economy, optimal life? The Kosygin reforms, 1965-72 |
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International and ideological contextLaunching the reforms in 1965; The role of prices in the planned economy; Critique of the planning system; Reforming the system and optimising the planning; Expected outcomes: the socialist internet and rising living standards; Consequences and methods of reform; Competition on the method of reform; Conclusions: Soviet reforms and the Chinese parallel; Notes; 3. More efficiency via democracy: debates over reforming the GDR; Theoretical evolution of the debates; Completing Lenin's work; Autonomy of legal regulation and its political significance |
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Democracy and the problem of the 'uniform subject'The impact and limitations of the theoreticians; Notes; 4. The Kirov fishing kolkhoz: a socialist success story; Socialist competition; Competition over resources; Profit-making collectives; Leadership becomes the secret of success; Vertically structured enterprises; Auxiliary production as business activity; Operating in the shadows; Market behaviour with social sensitivity; Successful Soviet economic competition?; Notes; 5. Selling fashion to the Soviets: competitive practices in Polish clothes export in the early 1960s; Introduction |
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Formation of a new trading environment in the late 1950sRe-invention of competitive practices in Soviet trade; The conceptual turn; Selling images of luxury; Changing consumer environment; Outcomes of the new procedure; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Hotel Intercontinental in Bucharest: competitive advantage for the socialist tourist industry in Romania; Tourist industry reconsidered; The Intercontinental project; Adaptation of the Western model to socialism; Specialisation and training of IH personnel; Political considerations and the ultimate Intercontinental model; Conclusion; Notes |
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7. Competing for popularity: song contests and interactive television in communist HungaryThe consumerist change; The prospects of the new media; The metamorphosis of international cooperation; Introducing the first interactive TV shows; Song contests and the new television; Song contests and business; Going international: the advantages of socialist song contests; Conclusion: consequences of interactive television and competition; Notes; 8. The World Youth Festival as an arena of the 'cultural Olympics': meanings of competition in Soviet culture in the 1940s and 1950s; Cultural competitions |
| Summary |
This book explores how the concept of ""competition"", which is usually associated with market economies, operated under state socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where the socialist system, based on command economic planning and state-centred control over society, was supposed to emphasise ""co-operation"", rather than competitive mechanisms. The book considers competition in a wider range of industries and social fields across the Soviet bloc, and shows how the gradual adoption and adaptation of Western practices led to the emergence of more open competitiveness in socialist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Socialism -- Soviet Union
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Socialism -- Europe, Eastern
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Competition -- Soviet Union
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Competition -- Europe, Eastern
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Socialism and culture -- Soviet Union
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Socialism and culture -- Europe, Eastern
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Competition.
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Socialism.
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Socialism and culture.
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Eastern Europe.
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Soviet Union.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miklóssy, Katalin, editor
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Ilič, Melanie, 1962- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317752752 |
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1317752759 |
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9781315797175 |
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1315797178 |
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0415747201 |
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9780415747202 |
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9781138573741 |
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1138573744 |
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