The Political Economy of Stalinism: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives

by Paul R. Gregory

Book Overview

This book uses the formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the creation and operations of the Soviet administrative command system. It concludes that the system failed not because of the 'jockey'(i.e. Stalin and later leaders) but because of the 'horse' (the economic system). Although Stalin was the system's prime architect, the system was managed by thousands of 'Stalins' in a nested dictatorship. The core values of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521533678
• ISBN13: 9780521533676
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"