Resistance to Change in the Soviet Economic System: A Property Rights Approach - Couverture rigide

Winiecki, Jan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415042437 ISBN 13 : 9780415042437

Editeur : Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

The failure of the economic system based on the Soviet model is widely recognized, so widely in fact that many in the West cannot understand why far-reaching programmes of reforms repeatedly fail. This book uses a property-rights approach to analyze why there is such widespread and successful resistance to change. A significant group of the ruling stratum benefit considerably from their positions, particularly in terms of access to goods and services. Normally it is this very group which is entrusted with the design and, especially, the implementation of changes. Uniquely positioned to abort, distort or ultimately reverse the measures that threaten their privileges, they provide the major obstacle to reform in Soviet-type economies. Jan Winiecki argues that the most effective way of removing this obstacle would be a system of compensatory payments.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1991. This book uses a property rights perspective to analyse why there is such widespread resistance to change in the Soviet Economic System. Many within the ruling stratum benefit considerably from their positions, particularly in terms of access to goods and services. In an original conclusion Jan Winiecki argues that a cost-effective way of removing the resistance of the parasitic ruling stratum would be a system of compensatory payments.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415042437
• ISBN 13: 9780415042437
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
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• Personne responsable: non disponible