Competition in socialist society

"This book explores how the concept of "competition", which is usually associated with market economies, operated under state socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where the socialist system, based on command economic planning and state-centred control over society, was su...

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Weitere Verfasser: Miklóssy, Katalin (HerausgeberIn), Ilič, Melanie (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge 2014
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe 19
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Zusammenfassung:"This book explores how the concept of "competition", which is usually associated with market economies, operated under state socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where the socialist system, based on command economic planning and state-centred control over society, was supposed to emphasise "co-operation", rather than competitive mechanisms. The book considers competition in a wider range of industries and social fields across the Soviet bloc, and shows how the gradual adoption and adaptation of Western practices led to the emergence of more open competitiveness in socialist society. The book includes discussion of the state's view of competition, and focuses especially on how competition operated at the grassroots level. It covers politico-economic reforms and their impact, both overall and at the enterprise level; competition in the cultural sphere; and the huge effect of increasing competition on socialist ways of thinking"--
Beschreibung:Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 189-204. - Index
Enthält 11 Beiträge
Beschreibung:xvi, 209 Seiten
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ISBN:9780415747202
978-0-415-74720-2