Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781583676028
Subjects: Social change; Capitalism; Russia (federation), social conditions; Soviet union, social conditions; Russia (federation), economic conditions; Soviet union, economic conditions
Description: "Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world's first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism--a long transition that continues even today. In seven concise, provocative chapters, Amin deftly examines the trajectory of Russian capitalism, the Bolshevik Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the possible future of Russia--and, by extension, the future of socialism itself"--Provided by publisher.