The Capitalist Transformation of State Socialism: The Making and Breaking of State Socialist Society, and What Followed

by David Stuart Lane

Book Overview

David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of state socialism. While focussing on Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, he also engages in a discussion of the Chinese path. In response to the changing social structure and external demands, he outlines different scenarios of reform. He contends that European state socialism did not collapse but was consciously dismantled. He brings out the West's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415855101
• ISBN13: 9780415855105
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"