The Socialist Economy: Theory and Practice

by T.B. Bottomore

Book Overview

THE SOCIALIST ECONOMY examines both the ideas and the practical experiences which have influenced present-day conceptions of how a socialist economy should be organized and managed. Beginning with a brief account of the early socialist visions of a new society,' Tom Bottomore goes on to consider the development of Marxist views, the debates within Marxism on the construction of a socialist economy, and the major arguments that have been brought against...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898624495
• ISBN13: 9780898624496
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 149 Pages