The Party and Agricultural Crisis Management in the USSR / Cynthia Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Cynthia, Author.

Series:

Studies in Soviet History and Society Series

Studies in Soviet history and society

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why have attempts at agricultural reform so often been frustrated in the Soviet Union? Cynthia S. Kaplan explores this question in the first book-length study of the Communist party's involvement in agriculture. Using the insights of organizational theory, she analyzes the role played by local party organs in implementing agricultural policy, particularly during the little-studied postwar years when the patterns that still govern party behavior initially took shape.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Glossary

1. Introduction: Party Unity and Soviet Development

2. The Policy Environment

3. Postwar Agricultural Policies

4. Agricultural Leaders

5. The Party and Rural Party Leaders

6. The Local Party and Agricultural Crisis Management

7. The Reality behind the Monolith: Local Party Behavior in Industry and Agriculture

8. The Party in a Complex Society

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3683-3

OCLC:

1143791964