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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453435503321

Autore

Resnick Stephen A.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-93318-8

1-315-02351-2

1-136-70433-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (766 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WolffRichard D

Disciplina

305.5/0947

Soggetti

Social classes - Soviet Union

Communism - Soviet Union

Communism

Capitalism

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Social conditions

Soviet Union Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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