Planning in Cold War Europe Competition, Cooperation, Circulations (1950s 1970s)

Christian, Michel (Editor)/ Kott, Sandrine (Editor)/ Matejka, Ondrej (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3110707969 / ISBN 13: 9783110707960

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2020

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383 pages. 9.05x6.10x0.94 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Planning in Cold War Europe Competition, Cooperation, Circulations (1950s 1970s)
• Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110707969
• ISBN 13: 9783110707960
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

The idea of planning economy and engineering social life has often been linked with Communist regimes' will of control. However, the persuasion that social and economic processes could and should be regulated was by no means limited to them. Intense debates on these issues developed already during the First World War in Europe and became globalized during the World Economic crisis. During the Cold War, such discussions fuelled competition between two models of economic and social organisation but they also revealed the convergences and complementarities between them. This ambiguity, so often overlooked in histories of the Cold War, represents the central issue of the book organized around three axes. First, it highlights how know-how on planning circulated globally and were exchanged by looking at international platforms and organizations. The volume then closely examines specificities of planning ideas and projects in the Communist and Capitalist World. Finally, it explores East-West channels generated by exchanges around issues of planning which functioned irrespective of the Iron Curtain and were exported in developing countries. The volume thus contributes to two fields undergoing a process of profound reassessment: the history of modernisation and of the Cold War.

About the Author

Michel Christian, University of Geneva; Sandrine Kott, University of Geneva; Ondrej Matejka, University of Geneva