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This study by Simonia is among the first to present an in-depth analysis of the theory and practical effect of the transition to socialism in Russia. The work consists of two parts: the first deals with the attempt initiated by Lenin to affect a socialist system, the evolution of his theoretical thought, and his search for a model of indirect transition to socialism (through state capitalism); the second analyzes Stalin's direct declaration of state-bureaucratic socialism, his distortion of the ideas of cooperation, state capitalism, and socialist accumulation, and the failure of his communist society. In concluding, Simonia relates Russia's socialist development to its current economic and socio-political problems, providing insights into its tortuous and thorny history.

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Author:   Nodari Simonia
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 33.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780313288302

ISBN 10:   0313288305
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   23 February 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"A Bid For Socialism Russia as the Secondary Model of Capitalism The Concept of ""Secondary Model"" Specificity of the Secondary Model in Russia A Feature of Bourgeois Evolution Russian Imperialism The Problem of The Transitional Period State Capitalism--the Linchpin of the Transitional Period Small-Commodity Producers Wedded to State Capitalism The State and Private Enterprise Capitalism Administrative Decentralization and Economic Centralization in the Public Sector The ""Passage to Socialism"": The Stalin Model Stalin's Interpretation of NEP Stalin on Cooperatives The Problem of ""Socialist Accumulation"" The Dismantling of NEP: Stalin's Collectivization Drive First Strike at the Countryside Mounting Struggle in Leadership Falling Out With ""Bukharinists"" Total Collectivization ""Dizzy With Success"" First Upshot of Collectivization Mechanism of Extra-Economic Product Expropriation The Dismantling of NEP: Stalin's Industrialization Drive Two Types of Industrialization The Ejection of the Private Sector Nationalized Sector Transformed Crash Industrialization Consolidation of the Administrative-Command Mechanism Did Stalin Create the Basis of Socialism? Technical Intellectuals The Level of Physical Labor Force Economic Functions of Terror Planirovanie and Planomernost' Equated ""Transition to Communism"""

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NODARI A. SIMONIA is Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow. He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Russia and is the author of a number of books, including Synthesis of Traditional and Modern in the Evolution of Third World Societies (Greenwood, 1992).

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