The Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
The Failure of Reform
Lee Kendall Metcalf(Author)
East European Monographs (Publisher)
Published on 20. February 2018
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-0-88033-382-5 (ISBN)
Description
This study addresses questions surrounding the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA): why did the Soviet Union create a trading system based on economic autarchy and bilateral, state-controlled trade? When the negative consequences of this system became apparent, why was it so difficult for the Soviet Union to reform CMEA? Why was CMEA finally disbanded when there was still a need for regional economic co-operation? Using detailed case studies to examine the reform attempts of each major Soviet leader, the text argues that the creation of, and changes in, the CMEA can be explained by the interation of structural factions (power and interests) and cognitive factions (norms and principles, usage and custom, and knowledge). It also examines the roles that the legacies of the past have played in impeding economic co-operation today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bradenton
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Weight
0 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88033-382-5 (9780880333825)
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Person
Lee Kendall Metcalf is assistant professor of political science at Florida State University.