The Food Revolution in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

by Robert Deutsch

Book Overview

The first study in the Western world to compare the relationship between food and politics in the countries of Eastern Europe, this book views the current food revolution as part of the modernization process. Robert Deutsch argues that the communist leaders in the Comecon countries increasingly link political stability and preservation of power to the problem of satisfying consumer demand. He also assesses the various social forces that have brought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367307650
• ISBN13: 9780367307653
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages