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Self-Management - Economic Theory And Yugoslav Practice

by Saul Estrin

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 In this 1984 book Saul Estrin offers a comprehensive survey of how workers' self-management has influenced industrial structure and the allocation of resources in Yugoslavia. The book will interest economists concerned with the likely impact of workers' participation and specialists in self-management theory and the operation of the Yugoslav economy.
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Socialisation Through Children'S Literature - The Soviet Example

by Felicity Ann O'Dell

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 Felicity O'Dell analyses the moral content of stories read by Russian primary school children and asks what values are taught and how they reflect ideology. She also questions how successfully the educational process instils the values of Soviet socialism and documents how children's literature mirrors the development of Russian society.
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Sport In Soviet Society - Development Of Sport And Physical Education In Russia And The Ussr

by James Riordan

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 This 1977 book examines the evolution of sport in Russia from its early association with health and hygiene, through a period of functional association with labour and defence, to its post-war importance as a means of enhancing the prestige of Soviet communism abroad.
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Economic Policy In Socialist Yugoslavia

by Rudolf Bicanic

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 This 1973 posthumous publication of Rudolf Bicanic's last work on Yugoslavia provides a lucid survey of the economic development from 1918 to the 1970s. This book will be very useful to anyone wishing to understand Yugoslavia's economic background and it raises question concerning the application of socialist principles to the industrialization of developing societies.
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Yom Kippur And After - The Soviet Union And The Middle East Crisis

by Galia Golan

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 This 1977 book was undertaken with the purpose of determining the degree of Soviet involvement in the Middle East crisis. Dr Golan examines in minute detail the Soviet interests in the region and the relationship that Soviets had with the Arab states and the Palestinians.
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The Process Of Investment In The Soviet Union

by David A. Dyker

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 This 1983 book presents a comprehensive account of the cycle of fixed capital investment in the Soviet Union, from strategic decision-taking in the Kremlin down to the level of individual building sites.
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The Czechoslovak Economy 1948â€“1988 - The Battle For Economic Reform

by Martin Myant

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 Dr Myant presents a detailed account of the development and performance of the Czech economy over a period of forty years, and reveals the problems and tensions created by the chosen system of centralised planning. Dr Myant's conclusion is that any economic reform will have little substance unless accompanied by appropriate political change.
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Foreign Trade Prices In The Council For Mutual Economic Assistance

by Edward A. Hewett

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 This book discusses the major proposals to reform the price system in the CMEA economy and what role the price system plays. It shows how debates on that matter have naturally led into debates on reforming all intra-CMEA economic institutions.
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Socialist Economic Integration - Aspects Of Contemporary Economic Problems In Eastern Europe

by Jozef M. Van Van Brabant

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 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.
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Debt Problems Of Eastern Europe

by Iliana Zloch-Christy

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 In this 1988 book, Iliana Zloch-Christy analyzes the causes and consequences of the massive Eastern European debt to the West accumulated in the 1970s. The author also covers the roles of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and explores the potential debt consequences of resurging Eastâ€"West trade.
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Women, The State And Revolution - Soviet Family Policy And Social Life, 1917â€“1936

by Wendy Z. (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania) Goldman

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 This book focuses on how women, peasants, and orphans responded to Bolshevik attempts to remake the family, and how their opinions and experiences in turn were used by the state to meet its own needs.
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India'S Economic Relations With The Ussr And Eastern Europe 1953 To 1969

by Asha L. Datar

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 The author traces the history of economic relations between India and the Soviet Union after they signed a treaty of mutual military protection in 1971 and draws conclusions on the advantages and disadvantages of the close ties of a developing country with the centrally planned economies.
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Neo-Slavism And The Czechs 1898â€“1914

by Paul Vysny

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 Originally published in 1977, this book analyses the Neo-Slav movement using an exceptionally wide range of Czech primary sources. It analyses the conditions in the Czech lands of the Habsburg Empire which gave rise to Neo-Slavism, traces the development of the movement, and examines the responses it induced amongst other Slav peoples.
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Women, The State And Revolution - Soviet Family Policy And Social Life, 1917â€“1936

by Wendy Z. (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania) Goldman

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 This book focuses on how women, peasants, and orphans responded to Bolshevik attempts to remake the family, and how their opinions and experiences in turn were used by the state to meet its own needs.
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East-West Financial Relations - Current Problems And Future Prospects

by Iliana Zloch-Christy

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 In this book, Iliana Zloch-Christy analyses the problems of Eastern Europe's convertible currency external debt situation and its impact on the financing of East-West trade in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Soviet Strategic Arms Policy Before Salt

by Christoph (University Of Essex) Bluth

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 In this book Dr Christoph Bluth presents an original analysis of the build up of Soviet strategic forces from the death of Stalin to the SALT I agreement. The author is able to demonstrate how domestic priorities and internal power struggles account for the seeming inconsistencies of Soviet military and foreign policy.
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Public Opinion And Political Change In Poland, 1980â€“1982

by David Stewart Mason

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 This book draws on public opinion surveys conducted in Poland during the Solidarity era to examine popular attitudes on fundamental issues of political power and on the dramatic political events of 1980-1982.
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Soviet Trade Unions - Their Development In The 1970s

by Blair A. Ruble

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 This book, first published in 1981, represents a systematic attempt to describe and analyse the evolution of Soviet trade union organisations. It examines union activities both at the national level and on the shop floor. The main focus is on the development and workings of the Soviet trade unions, but their history throughout the Soviet period is also covered.
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Leon Trotsky And The Politics Of Economic Isolation

by Richard B. Day

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 A highly original and controversial examination of events in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1927 in which Professor Day challenges both the standard Trotskyite and Stalinist interpretations of the period. He concentrates upon the economic implications of revolutionary Russia's isolation from Europe.
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Political Authority And Party Secretaries In Poland, 1975â€“1986

by Paul G. Lewis

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 This 1989 book deals with the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. Their role and the way they perform it is seen as a major determinant of the nature of party leadership and, more generally, of the strength of political authority in communist states.
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Investment And Property Rights In Yugoslavia - The Long Transition To A Market Economy

by Milica Uvalic

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 This book was first published in 1992. For decades Yugoslavia had been developing its own model of socialism based on workers' self-management resulting in many scholars viewing the Yugoslav economy differently from other socialist systems. However, Dr Uvalic here demonstrates its similarities with other socialist economies.
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The Foreign Policy Of The Gdr In Africa

by Gareth M. Winrow

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 In this 1990 book Gareth Winrow provides a comprehensive account in English of East German foreign policy towards Africa since the early 1950s. He challenges the view of the GDR's role in Africa as solely that of a proxy for the Soviet Union.
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Internationalism And The Ideology Of Soviet Influence In Eastern Europe

by Jonathan C. Valdez

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 Jonathan Valdez explores the role of ideology in the maintenance and subsequent collapse of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. He looks at how Marxism-Leninism was used to legitimise Soviet influence in Eastern Europe, to rationalise policy decisions, to communicate Soviet intent and policy desires to East European elites, and to explain change in socialist systems.
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The Politics Of Economic Stagnation In The Soviet Union - The Role Of Local Party Organs In Economic Management

by Peter Rutland

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 In this 1992 book Professor Peter Rutland analyses the role played by regional and local organs of the Soviet Communist Party in economic management from 1970 to 1990. Using a range of political and economic journals, newspapers and academic publications, he examines interventions in the construction industry, energy, transport, consumer goods and agriculture.
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