Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
A Critical History
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
ISBN: 978-1-041-02553-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book presents a critical history of Yugoslav socialist economics, from its inception in the late 1940s to its dissolution in the late 1980s. After the dramatic break with the Soviet Union in 1948, Yugoslavia found itself in urgent need of a third way: a socialist trajectory which would not resemble the Soviet model nor succumb to the imperatives of capitalist modernization. This monumental historical task resulted in the gradual constitution of the system of socialist self-management.
This book is the first to provide a systematic response to key questions about this specifically Yugoslav form of socialist economics: How did it develop? How was it consolidated into a productive and influential academic discipline? What were the theoretical concerns and empirical procedures used by economists in order to create a modern scientific discipline and advance the cause of socialist Yugoslavia? And finally, how did this body of work enter a terminal crisis and disappear simultaneously with the country itself? Even given its failure, socialist Yugoslavia constitutes one of the more important and sustained twentieth century attempts at build socialism. Thus, the Yugoslav way of thinking remains relevant for contemporary topics such as economic democracy, comparative economic systems and post-capitalist economic models.
This book will appeal to all readers interested in the history of economics, economic sociology, political economy, the history of Yugoslavia and socialist debates.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction: Socialist economics in Yugoslavia 2. The genealogy of the Yugoslav model 3. The political economy of socialism 4. Workers gonna work it out? 5. Out with the old, in with the new 6. The end of the Yugoslav model Appendix A: The labor-managed firm Appendix B: The Yugoslav economy in data Appendix C: The disciplinary development of Yugoslav economics References Index
