Inside the East European Planned Economy

State Planning, Factory and Manager

Voicu Ion Sucala

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Routledge
20 March 2018

Marxism & Communism; Political economy; Economic systems & structures; Economic history

Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

This book puts forward a new perspective on the planned economies of communist Eastern Europe, demonstrating in detail how economic practice in such countries was shaped by the interplay among planners, managers and Party apparatchiks. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with former employees of industrial enterprises, the book argues that shortages, chronic over-capacities and erroneous planning decisions were present from the very beginning, rather than the consequences of later plan mistakes. They were the natural outcome of a profound conflict between leaders’ attempt to adapt the basic laws of economics to their ideology and interests, and the requirements for rational bureaucracy of an increasingly sophisticated economy. The book discusses the evolution of and debates about the planned economy, considers the practice of plan development and implementation, and provides very detailed examples of how the planned economy actually worked at the level of the factory, at the point where plans and managers interacted with workers and production.

By: Voicu Ion Sucala
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781138068681
ISBN 10: 1138068683
Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 20 March 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction, 2. Organisation, power and politics in the communist regime, 3. Romanian industrialisation – legal frame, characteristics and social consequences, 4. Methodology, 5. Plan and enterprise in communist Romania, 6. The human side of the communist enterprise 7. Conclusions

Voicu Ion Sucală is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management at the University of Exeter.