The Politics of Economic Stagnation in the Soviet Union: The Role of Local Party Organs in Economic Management

by Peter Rutland

Book Overview

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. Rutland argues that party interventions hindered rather than assisted the search for efficiency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521121302
• ISBN13: 9780521121309
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"