Research Catalog

Title

Competition in socialist society / edited by Katalin Miklóssy and Melanie Ilic.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Miklóssy, Katalin
• Ilič, Melanie, 1962-

Description

xvi, 209 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This book explores how the concept of "competition", which is usually associated with market economies, operated under state socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where the socialist system, based on command economic planning and state-centred control over society, was supposed to emphasise "co-operation", rather than competitive mechanisms. The book considers competition in a wider range of industries and social fields across the Soviet bloc, and shows how the gradual adoption and adaptation of Western practices led to the emergence of more open competitiveness in socialist society. The book includes discussion of the state's view of competition, and focuses especially on how competition operated at the grassroots level. It covers politico-economic reforms and their impact, both overall and at the enterprise level; competition in the cultural sphere; and the huge effect of increasing competition on socialist ways of thinking"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 19

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 19.

Subjects

• Competition
• Sovjetunionen
• Competition > Soviet Union
• Competition > Europe, Eastern
• Socialism and culture > Soviet Union
• Socialism > Soviet Union
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General
• Soviet Union
• Socialism and culture > Europe, Eastern
• Östeuropa
• Konkurrens
• Europe, Eastern
• Socialism > Europe, Eastern

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-5452

ISBN

• 9780415747202
• 0415747201
• 9781315797175 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014006782
• 40024021349

OCLC

871191869

Title

Competition in socialist society / edited by Katalin Miklóssy and Melanie Ilic.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 19

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 19.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Miklóssy, Katalin, editor.

Ilič, Melanie, 1962- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40024021349

Research Call Number

JFE 16-5452