The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism

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This description of real-world models and interpretive perspectives on Soviet economic and political theory and practice from 1917 through 1991 encompasses War Communism, New Economic Policy, Stalinism, and the reforms and debates of Krushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev. The work focuses on political economy as contrasted with pure economy, and it is organized on a more or less historical basis. The work demonstrates the forces that led to the disintegration of the Soviet state.

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.,."a highly professional account of the Soviet period [that] allows the reader to cover the full range of Soviet economic developments in approximately 250 pages....it should be read by historians, economists, and political scientists alike. Each group will find that they will learn something from this book."-Journal of Comparative Economics
"Dowlah and Elliot and provide a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet political and economic system...[T]his study deserves special attention because of the objectivity and professional integrity of its authors. The book is not only a good explanation of history of the Soviet Union, but also an excellent example of careful scholarship...A valuable contribution."-Choice
...a highly professional account of the Soviet period [that] allows the reader to cover the full range of Soviet economic developments in approximately 250 pages....it should be read by historians, economists, and political scientists alike. Each group will find that they will learn something from this book.-Journal of Comparative Economics
[I]s a unique and useful book....highly readable....The book succeeds in showing that Soviet socialism involved fundamental distortions of Marxist theory.-Journal of Economic Issue
Dowlah and Elliot and provide a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet political and economic system...[T]his study deserves special attention because of the objectivity and professional integrity of its authors. The book is not only a good explanation of history of the Soviet Union, but also an excellent example of careful scholarship...A valuable contribution.-Choice
..."a highly professional account of the Soviet period that allows the reader to cover the full range of Soviet economic developments in approximately 250 pages....it should be read by historians, economists, and political scientists alike. Each group will find that they will learn something from this book."-Journal of Comparative Economics
"Is a unique and useful book....highly readable....The book succeeds in showing that Soviet socialism involved fundamental distortions of Marxist theory."-Journal of Economic Issue
"[I]s a unique and useful book....highly readable....The book succeeds in showing that Soviet socialism involved fundamental distortions of Marxist theory."-Journal of Economic Issue

Author Bio

ALEX F. DOWLAH is Assistant Professor of Economics at SUNY-Canton. Dr. Dowlah has published a previous book called Soviet Political Economy in Transition: From Lenin to Gorbachev (Greenwood, 1992). JOHN E. ELLIOTT is Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. Dr. Elliott is the author of many books and journal articles published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, History of Political Economy, Review of Social Economy, Journal of Economic Issues, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics and others.