Socialist Economic Integration: Aspects of Contemporary Economic Problems in Eastern Europe (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 30)

Brabant, Jozef M. van van

ISBN 10: 0521153042 / ISBN 13: 9780521153041

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Socialist Economic Integration: Aspects of Contemporary Economic Problems in Eastern Europe (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 30)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521153042
• ISBN 13: 9780521153041
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

First published in 1980, this book offers an account of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), the regional institution overseeing East European economic integration at the time. The author pursues three main themes in analyzing the sluggish pace of East European integration on trade, the role of East–West relations in the integration process, and the future of integration in the 1980s. Firstly he maintains that the integration process was delayed because of the confused postwar situation and disagreement among leaders of the region over a common economic programme for reconstruction and sustained growth. Secondly, he argues that the postwar development strategy and central planning of the economies inhibited regional cooperation. Finally the author contends that the organization and policy guidelines of the CMEA fell far short of what would seem to be needed to further integration.

Book Description

This book examines the history of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and attempts to assess the probable future of economic integration of the CMEA. The author pursues three main themes in analyzing the sluggish pace of East European integration on trade during the last thirty years, the role of East-West relations in the integration process, and the future of integration in the 1980s.