The book's novelty lies both in the fact that it is the first book in English to analyse Hungarian collectivisation from a sociological perspective, and also in the nature of that perspective. Rather than consider Eastern European societies in the light of social stratification and social mobility surveys, it takes as its point of departure the commitment of Eastern European societies to industrialisation within the constraints of a socialist economy and, by examining social change from the viewpoint of labour and those who control it, places the focus more strongly than has traditionally been the case on the production of social wealth, and the relations which circumscribe it, rather than on the ways in which wealth is distributed and consumed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521268530
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96797387
Product Key Features
Author
Nigel Swain
Publication Name
Collective Farms Which Work?
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
1985
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
389g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nigel Swain
Series Title
Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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