Comparative Socialist Systems
Essays on Politics and Economics
Published on 23. November 2010
467 pages
978-0-8229-7525-0 (ISBN)
Description
"The editors have merged work from two disciplines, economics and political science; in a summary conclusion, a sociologist suggests possible extensions in the comparison of socialist systems for the future. . . . contributes generously to the field."-Slavic Review
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06/1974
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Persons
Carmelo Mesa-Lago (Editor)
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is distinguished service professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published about ninety books in seven languages across thirty-nine countries and received many awards, including the International Labour Organization Decent Work Research Prize (shared with Nelson Mandela) for his work on social protection in the world.
Carl Beck (Editor)
Carl Beck is professor of political science and sociology and director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also executive director of the International Studies Association, chairman of the Pittsburgh Inter-University Program on Comparative Communism, and director of Pitt's archive on Political Elites in Eastern Europe.
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is distinguished service professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published about ninety books in seven languages across thirty-nine countries and received many awards, including the International Labour Organization Decent Work Research Prize (shared with Nelson Mandela) for his work on social protection in the world.
Carl Beck (Editor)
Carl Beck is professor of political science and sociology and director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also executive director of the International Studies Association, chairman of the Pittsburgh Inter-University Program on Comparative Communism, and director of Pitt's archive on Political Elites in Eastern Europe.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- I. Indicators, Types and Models for Comparison
- 1. Indicators of Socio-Politico-Economic Development / Paul S. Shoup
- 2. A Classification of Communist Economic Systems | John M. Montias
- 3. Towards an Empirical Typology of Socialist Systems / William A. Welsh
- 4. A Continuum Model for Global Comparison | Carmelo Mesa-Lago
- II. Politics
- 5. Patterns and Problems of Governance | Carl Beck
- 6. Revolution and Modernization in Economic Organizations | William N. Dunn
- 7. The Pattern and Method of Liberalization | Andrzej Korbonski
- 8. Bureaucracy and Party Control | Paul Cocks
- 9. Political Development and Political Change | Jan F. Triska and Paul M. Johnson
- 10. Technology and Communist Culture: Dimensions of Cultural Diffusion | Frederic J. Fleron, Jr.
- III. Economics
- 11. Testing the Realism of Plans | Stanislaw Gomulka and Peter J. F. Wiles
- 12. Property Rights | Richard Carson
- 13. Industrial Organization | Frederic L. Pryor
- 14. Foreign Trade | Paul Marer
- 15. Cybernetics, Automation and the Transition to Communism | Josef Wilczynski
- 16. Comparing Socialist Systems: Ends and Results | Paul Hollander
- About the Contributors
