Class theory and history : capitalism and communism in the USSR / Stephen A. Resnick and Richard D. Wolff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resnick, Stephen A., author.

Contributor:

Wolff, Richard D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Soviet Union.

Social classes.

Communism--Soviet Union.

Communism.

Capitalism.

Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (766 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Communism; Chapter 1: A General Class Theory; The Classical Tradition; Our Basic Terms; Utopia and Communism: A Brief Digression; A Concrete Communism; Communist Class Structures: Centralization versus Decentralization; Culture, Politics, and Economics of Communism; Appendix: How Societies Differ-A Methodological Problem; Notes; Chapter 2: The Many Forms of Communism; Class and Property; Class and Markets; Class and Power; Classless Communism and Proletarian Dictatorship; Socialism and Communism; Notes

Part 2: State CapitalismChapter 3: A Class Theory of State Capitalism; Capitalisms and Exploitation; Justifying the Label "Capitalist"; Value Analysis for State Capitalism: A Technical Digression; Capitalisms, Communisms, and Socialisms; Notes; Chapter 4: Debates over State Capitalism; Conflicting Concepts; Power as the Theoretical Key; Weaknesses of Power Theories; Notes; Part 3: The Rise and Fall of the USSR; Chapter 5: Class Structures and Tensions before 1917; The Fundamentals: Feudal, Ancient, Capitalist, and Communist; The Complexities; The Contradictions and the Revolution; Notes

Chapter 6: Revolution, War Communism, and the AftermathChanging the State and Class Structures; Organizing the New Class Structures; A Class and Value Analysis of War Communism; Class Contradictions after War Communism; Notes; Chapter 7: Revolution, Class, and the Soviet Household; Bolshevik Class Blindness; New Economic Policy/Old Household Policy; Notes; Chapter 8: The New Economic Policies of the 1920s; Relations between Agriculture and Industry: An Overview; The NEP in Class and Value Terms; A History of NEP Contradictions; Adjusting State Industrial Capitalism

Revolution and NEP as a Transition to State CapitalismNotes; Chapter 9: The Transformations of the 1930s; New Complexities and Contradictions; Communism in Agriculture; State Capitalism and Industry; The Industrial Workers; Stalinism and Class; Appendix A: The Value Equation for Collective Farms; Appendix B: The Value Crisis of Collective Farms; Notes; Chapter 10: Class Contradictions and the Collapse; Class Structures after World War Two; Postwar Culture; Postwar Politics; Postwar Economy; State, Enterprise, and Household Transitions; The Collapse

Appendix A: The Value Equation for Military ExpendituresAppendix B: The Value Equation for International Terms of Trade; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

"First published 2002"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-136-70440-X

0-415-93318-8

1-315-02351-2

1-136-70433-7

9781315023519

OCLC:

869092291