The Political Economy of Stalinism Evidence From the Soviet Secret Archives 1st Edition by Paul Gregory 0521826284 9780521826280
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Authors:Paul R. Gregory , Series:Social Sciences [26] , Tags:Business & Economics; Economic History; Economics; General; Political Science; Political Economy; Public Policy; Economic Policy; Social Science; Sociology; The Political Economy of Stalinism , Author sort:Gregory, Paul R. , Ids:9780521533676 , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Sep 2004 , Publisher:CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS , Comments:Comments: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 the Bolshevik Party dictated the choice of the administrative command system, and the system dictated the political victory of a Stalin-like figure. This study pinpoints the reasons for the failure of the system – poor planning, unreliable supplies, the preferential treatment of indigenous enterprises, the lack of knowledge of planners, etc. – but also focuses on the basic principal-agent conflict between planners and producers, which created a sixty-year reform stalemate.
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ISBN 10: 0521826284
ISBN 13: 9780521826280
Author: Paul R. Gregory
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 the Bolshevik Party dictated the choice of the administrative command system, and the system dictated the political victory of a Stalin-like figure. This study pinpoints the reasons for the failure of the system – poor planning, unreliable supplies, the preferential treatment of indigenous enterprises, the lack of knowledge of planners, etc. – but also focuses on the basic principal-agent conflict between planners and producers, which created a sixty-year reform stalemate.
The Political Economy of Stalinism Evidence From the Soviet Secret Archives 1st Table of contents:
1 The Jockey or the Horse?
Blame the Jockey or the Horse?
The Soviet State and Party Archives
Models of Dictatorship
Was Stalin Inevitable?
Some Conclusions
2 Collectivization, Accumulation, and Power
The Prerevolutionary Failure Story
The Experiments
Grain and Accumulation
Collective Farms and Politics
Concluding Comments
3 The Principles of Governance
The Power Struggle
The Five Issues of Governance
The Dictator’s Curse
Concluding Thoughts
4 Investment, Wages, and Fairness
The Politics of Investment
Investment Maximization?
The Dictator and the Fair-Wage Model
Concluding Comments
5 Visions and Control Figures
Control Figures
Five-Year Plans: Why Did They Survive?
Operational Plans
Why the Stalinist Pattern of Growth?
Concluding Comments
6 Planners Versus Producers
The Delegation Dilemma
Whom Can You Trust?
The Economics of Illusion
On Whose Side Was the Dictator?
Concluding Thoughts
7 Creating Soviet Industry
Material Balances and Industrial Organization
Ministry Rules of the Game
The Battle for the Plan
Horizontal Dealings
Breaking Up Ministries and Glavks
Concluding Thoughts
8 Operational Planning
The Two Faces of Planners
Planning and Models of Dictatorship
Operational Planning
Concluding Comments: Was This a Planned Economy?
9 Ruble Control: Money, Prices, and Budgets
Ruble Control
The Socialist Theory of Banking
Money Matters
Loss of Control of Money and Credit
State Budgets, Exports, and Investment Finance
Closing Remarks
10 The Destruction of the Soviet Administrative-Command Economy
Declining Growth: Sources
11 Conclusions
Appendix A: Archival Sources
Appendix B: The Structure of the State
Organization of Ministries
Bibliography
Archival Material and Bibliographies of Archival Material
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