Soviet Economic And Political Systems

Robbins, John R. & Danica Fink-Hafner. Making a New Nation The Formation of Slovenia. Dartmouth Publishing Group, 1997.
Brand New, Hardcover, clean, tight, unmarked; 0.9 x 8.7 x 6.2 Inches; 330 pages; The transition from socialism now underway in Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union involves the radical reform of both political and economic systems and this has proved a difficult undertaking, with persistent failures and disapopintments. The process has been further compicated in many cases by an act of secession which has brought the simultaneous requirement of establishing a new state. One of the most successful countries in all three respects is Slovenia. It is also the only component republic of the ex0Yugoslavia not to confront continuing problems of ethnic challenge, deep political conflict and economic debility.. 1855216566.

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EUROPE - ASIA STUDIES. Ed. by R.A. Clarke. Vols. 1-52 Abingdon, Carfax Publishing,1949/50-2000.

Vols. 1-42 new cloth. 8vo. (ZY15394) Vols. 1-45 no. 2 publ. as: SOVIET STUDIES. The journal has maintained its reputation as the principle academic journal in the world devoted to the political, economic and social affairs of the foremr Soviet block countries and their history during the Soviet period. At the same time the focus of the journal had diversified to reflect the way in which the transformation of the former Soviet countrie's political and economic systems is affecting their relationship with the rest of Europe, and the growing links between what was Soviet Central Asia and other countries in both Europe and Asia.

[SW: Kommunikation; Osteuropa, Sozialismus und Transformation; Sicherheitspolitik (Ost-West-Konflikt); Wirtschaft economics]

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Colton, Timothy J. Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia, Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 2000
ISBN: 0674001532 Fine

xi, 324 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 24 cm. AS NEW. "Subjects obey. Citizens choose. Transitional Citizens looks at the newly empowered citizens of Russia's protodemocracy facing choices at the ballot box that just a few years ago, under dictatorial rule, they could not have dreamt of. The stakes in post-Soviet elections are extraordinary. While in the West politicians argue over refinements to social systems in basically good working order, in the Russian Federation they address graver concerns--dysfunctional institutions, individual freedom, nationhood, property rights, provision of the basic necessities of life in an unparalleled economic downswing. The idiom of Russian campaigns is that of apocalypse and mutual demonization. This might give an impression of political chaos. However, as Timothy Colton finds, voting in transitional Russia is highly patterned. Despite their unfamiliarity with democracy, subjects-turned-citizens learn about their electoral options from peers and the mass media and make choices that manifest a purposiveness that will surprise many readers. Colton reveals that post-Communist voting is not driven by a single explanatory factor such as ethnicity, charismatic leadership, or financial concerns, but rather by multiple causes interacting in complex ways. He gives us the most sophisticated and insightful account yet of the citizens of the new Russia. / Timothy J. Colton is the Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, and the Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, at Harvard University." - Publisher. Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Miller, Robert F. One Hundred Thousand Tractors : The MTS and the Development of Controls in Soviet Agriculture (Russian Research Center Studies, No. 60) 1970 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Harvard University Press

Hard Cover Good/Very Good 0-674-63875-1 Green cloth on boards. Volume has a slight tear at bottom rear pastedown, under the foldover, where the jacket was stuck. Jacket has minor wear. Now in clear cover. " For nearly thirty years, from the late 1920s to the late 1950s, the keystone of the entire Soviet collective farm system was the network of MTS (machine-tractor stations) which owned, housed, operated, and repaired heavy farm machinery for the surrounding farms. The MTS played fundamental roles in the development of the political, administrative, and ideological, as well as the economic, foundations of Soviet agriculture. The story of the MTS, of considerable historical interest in its own right, offers numerous vantage points for studying the evolution of Soviet rule in the countryside."

[SW: Agriculture Farming Soviet Russia Collective Farm Systems MTS Machine-tractor Stations Economics Politics Non-Fiction Geography]

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