The Russian Economy: From Lenin to Putin - Hardcover

Rosefielde, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405113375 ISBN 13: 9781405113373

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

The epic tale of the Soviet Union's quest to construct a socialist economy was, until recently, the principal motif of textbooks on the Russian economy. Rosefielde's new text offers a more sober recounting of the Bolshevik saga, stripped bare of socialist romanticism, focused equally on the micro- and macoeconomics of administrative command planning, and Russia's post-Communist market system. Understanding the Soviet economic system and the causes of its failure are central to any student's study of Russia's struggle towards a market economy and its prospects for the future.

• New textbook, offering a more sober recounting of the Bolshevik saga, stripped bare of socialist romanticism.
  
• Focuses equally on the micro- and macroeconomics of administrative command planning, and Russia's post-communist market system.

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Book Description:

Rosefielde's new text offers a more sober recounting of the Bolshevik saga than traditional Soviet and post-Soviet books. Stripped bare of socialist romanticism, the book focuses equally on the micro- and macroeconomics of administrative command planning, and Russia's post-Communist market system. Understanding the Soviet economic system and the causes of its failure are central to any student's study of Russia's struggle towards a market economy and its prospects for the future.

From the Back Cover:

The epic tale of the Soviet Union’s quest to construct a socialist economy was, until recently, the principal motif of textbooks on the Russian economy. Traditional Soviet and post-Soviet books usually adopt a historical approach, exploiting the dichotomies between socialism and capitalism as a convenient device for highlighting the differences in Soviet and western arrangements. These conventions remain useful, but require refurbishing.

Rosefielde’s new text offers a more sober recounting of the Bolshevik saga, stripped bare of socialist romanticism, and focused equally on the micro- and macroeconomics of administrative command planning as well as Russia’s post-Communist market system. Understanding the Soviet economic system and the causes of its failure are central to any student’s study of Russia’s struggle toward a market economy and its prospects for the future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405113375
• ISBN 13: 9781405113373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276