The Political Economy of Stalinism
Subtitle: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521826280
Subjects: Economic systems; Marxism & Communism; Political economy; Sociology, Social Studies; Soviet Union; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Sources; Eastern Europe; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); History; Economic History; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Bureaucracy; Economic Conditions; Politics and government
First sentence: The Soviet administrative-command economy was the most important social and economic experiment of the twentieth century.