The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System

by Michael Ellman (Editor), Vladimir Kontorovich (Editor)

Overview

The spectacular collapse of the Soviet system has great significance, both in its own right and in its repercussions for the rest of the world. In The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System, some of the world's leading experts on Soviet affairs examine the era of

collapse in detail. They set this period in its international and domestic political context, and examine it from regional, social and macroeconomic viewpoints.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032484754
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/2024
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Economics
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich

Table of Contents

1. Overview Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich Part I: Economics, Politics and Society 2. The Soviet Economy and International Politics Russel Bova 3. Social and Moral Aspects of the Crisis: Their Sources and Consequences Iurii Levada

Part II: Macroeconomic Developments 4. Economic Growth in the 1980s Grigorii Khanin 5. Soviet Consumption in the 1980s: A Tale of Woe Gertrude E. Schroeder 6. Money in the 1980s - From Disequilibrium to Collapse Michael Ellman Part III: Regions and

Sectors 7. The Central Asian Economy in Comparitive Perspective Alistair McAuley 8. Allocation of Investment among Soviet Republics in the 1980s John P. Burkett 9. The Railroads Vladimir Kontorovich 10. Agriculture's Role in the Soviet Economic Crisis

Edward C. Cook 11. Technical Progress and Research and Development Vladimir Kontorovich Part IV: Quality of Life 12. The Environment: From Stagnation to Collapse Zeev Wolfson 13. Health W. Ward Kingkade