| Many Shades of Red: State Policy and Collective Agriculture Contributor(s): Meurs, Mieke (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0847690393 ISBN-13: 9780847690398 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: This volume provides a radical and timely corrective to received wisdom about the seemingly inevitable transition from communism to capitalism. Arguing against popular misconceptions that portray collectivized agriculture as an unqualified failure, the contributors draw upon newly available local sources to illuminate its costs, benefits, successes, and failures. They highlight the wide variety of state policies, local responses, and economic outcomes, as well as the influence of local geography, political structures, and economic institutions. With its institutionalist analysis of both the causes and impacts of policy differences, this study provides lessons of continuing relevance to the many countries grappling with agrarian reform. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Business & Economics | Infrastructure |
| Dewey: 338.768 |
| LCCN: 98-41936 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.96" W x 8.96" (0.78 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides a radical and timely corrective to received wisdom about the seemingly inevitable transition from communism to democratic capitalism. Arguing against popular misconceptions that portray collectivized agriculture as an unqualified failure that followed a monolithic Soviet model, the contributors draw upon newly available local sources to illuminate the costs, benefits, successes, and failures of cooperative agriculture. They highlight the wide variety of state policies, local responses, and economic outcomes, as well as the influence of local geography, political structures, and economic institutions in each region. Meurs provides an institutionalist analysis of both the causes and impacts of policy differences, drawing lessons of continuing relevance to the many countries in which agrarian reform remains a controversial issue. Contributions by: Victor Danilov, Carmen Diana Deere, Stanka Dobreva, Veska Kouzhouharova, Imre Kovach, Justin Lin, Mieke Meurs, and Niurka Perez. |