The politics of economic decline in East Germany, 1945-1989
- 作者: Kopstein, Jeffrey.
- 出版: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ©1997.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: Economische achteruitgang. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Development -- Economic Development. , Wirtschaft , Economische politiek. , Communisme. , Germany (East) Economic conditions. , Wirtschaftsentwicklung , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Development -- General. , Government & Business. , Germany (East) , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Structural Adjustment. , Wirtschaftspolitik , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Government & Business. , Deutschland , DevelopmentGeneral. , Germany (East) Economic policy. , DevelopmentBusiness Development. , Public PolicyEconomic Policy. , Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Electronic books. , DevelopmentEconomic Development. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Development -- Business Development. , POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy -- Economic Policy. , Economic conditions. , Economic history. , Economic policy. , Structural Adjustment.
- ISBN: 0807862592 , 9780807862599
- ISBN: 0807823031 , 9780807823033
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-238) and index. Making Russians from Prussians: labor and the state, 1945-1961 -- Reform abandoned: the elusive search for socialist modernity, 1962-1970 -- Communism and capital markets -- Reds and experts: the retreat from technocracy -- The campaign economy -- The party in the factory: labor motivation in the twilight of communism -- Local politics: housing and consumer goods.
- 摘要: Jeffrey Kopstein offers the first comprehensive study of East German economic policy over the course of the state's forty-year history. Analyzing both the making of economic policy at the national level and the implementation of specific policies on the shop floor, he provides new and essential background to the revolution of 1989. In particular, he shows how decisions made at critical junctures in East Germany's history led to a pattern of economic decline and worker dissatisfaction that contributed to eventual political collapse. , East Germany was generally considered to have the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc, but Kopstein explores what prevented the country's leaders from responding effectively to pressing economic problems. He depicts a regime caught between the demands of a disaffected working class, an intractable bureaucracy, an intolerant but surprisingly weak Soviet patron state, and a harsh international economic climate. Rather than pushing for genuine economic change, the East German Communist Party retreated into what Kopstein calls a "campaign economy" in which an endless series of production campaigns was used to squeeze greater output from an inherently inefficient economic system. , Drawing extensively on sources in recently opened East German archives, as well as on his interviews of key players, Kopstein argues that East Germany's leaders faced an impossible task in trying to adapt the Soviet system to their own country's needs. While the East German economy did outperform those of many of its Communist neighbors, it continued to lag behind that of West Germany - a critical failing in the eyes of East German workers, who had been given virtual veto power over wages, prices, and piece rates in order to secure their political support. Under these circumstances, concludes Kopstein, the lure of prosperity ultimately played a key role in the revolt of the East German people.
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Jeffrey Kopstein offers the first comprehensive study of East German economic policy over the course of the state's forty-year history. Analyzing both the making of economic policy at the national level and the implementation of specific policies on the shop floor, he provides new and essential background to the revolution of 1989. In particular, he shows how decisions made at critical junctures in East Germany's history led to a pattern of economic decline and worker dissatisfaction that contributed to eventual political collapse. East Germany was generally considered to have the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc, but Kopstein explores what prevented the country's leaders from responding effectively to pressing economic problems. He depicts a regime caught between the demands of a disaffected working class whose support was crucial to continued political stability, an intractable bureaucracy, an intolerant but surprisingly weak Soviet patron state, and a harsh international economic climate. Rather than pushing for genuine economic change, the East German Communist Party retreated into what Kopstein calls a 'campaign economy' in which an endless series of production campaigns was used to squeeze greater output from an inherently inefficient economic system. Originally published in 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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