Features a snapshot of the process of transforming the Soviet economy from a planned, state-owned system to a market economy. This work offers a study of the development of the cooperative movement in the Soviet Union and provides insight into the dynamics of the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market-oriented system.

Ko-Ops: The Rebirth of Entrepreneurship in the Soviet Union

Business & Money

Jones, Anthony

Moskoff, William

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Indiana Univ. Pr

Labour and leisure in the Soviet Union : the conflict between public and private decision-making in a planned economy.

MACMILLAN/LONDON

This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion by the Germans during World War II. The author argues that central planning became much less important in feeding the population, and civilians were thereby forced to become considerably more self reliant in feeding themselves. A rationing system was instituted soon after the war began, but quickly became irrelevant because of the chronic food shortages. The breakdown in central supplies of food was accompanied by the diminished importance of the ruble, which in many places was replaced by bread and clothing as the medium of exchange. Although the Soviet army was given high precedence over civilians, the author also shows that the population living under German occupation was much worse off than were Soviet civilians living in the rear. In addition to extensive use of American and German archives from the war period, the author interviewed more than thirty Soviet emigrés who survived the war.

The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 76)

History

Europe

Cambridge University Press

Many shades of opinion are evident in this anthology of recent articles on such topics as central planning, the market mechanism, the property system, prices, incentives, and issues of equity. Some of the authors advocate radical change, and others call for adjustments.

Perestroika and the Economy: New Thinking in Soviet Economics: New Thinking in Soviet Economics (The USSR in Transition)

Jones, David M.

Economics

Routledge

This book is a collection of seven papers originally given at the 1989 meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The authors come from the fields of economics, history, and political science and are all specialists in the field of Soviet and East European agriculture. The first essay, by David Macey, assesses Gorbachev's agricultural reform in light of the experience of the Stolypin reforms at the beginning of the century. The essays by Jim Butterfield and Ed Cook examine the impediments to successful reform from the perspective of a political scientist and an economist. Karen Brooks and Don Van Atta concentrate their attention on the efforts to introduce lease contracting into agriculture. D.Gale Johnson's essay examines the economic effects of trade liberalization in agriculture. The final paper, by Michael Marrese, suggests that there are lessons for the Soviet Union to be learned from the Hungarian experience, namely, that the changes in agriculture must be comprehensive and that the party can win over popular support if its agricultural policies succeed.

Perestroika in the Countryside: Agricultural Reform in the Gorbachev Era

Computers & Technology

Games & Strategy Guides

The Great Market Debate in Soviet Economics: An Anthology (USSR in Transition. Readings and Documents)

<p>The most agonizing and protracted of all the Soviet reform debates has been the debate over economic reform. This anthology of essays and roundtables from party, professional and literary journals surveys the key issues in the market debate.</p>

The Great Market Debate in Soviet Economics: An Anthology: An Anthology (USSR in Transition. Readings and Documents)

Labour and Leisure in the Soviet Union: The Conflict between Public and Private Decision-Making in a Planned Economy

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

<p>The book offers guidance to aspiring historians at every stage and in every walk of life, from practical advice on tackling and organizing projects to recommendations for finding and using resources of all kinds, whether at the local library or historical society or on the world wide web. It is intended to be a serious guide to the best practices for researchers as well as a good read as a collection of research stories. The author includes useful bibliographies, vetted websites, and practical advice on doing research well.</p>

Hard Times: Impoverishment and Protest in the Perestroika Years - Soviet Union, 1985-91: A Guide for Fellow Adventurers (Soviet Union 1985-1991)

Hard Times: Impoverishment and Protest in the Perestroika Years - Soviet Union, 1985-91: A Guide for Fellow Adventurers

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