1st Edition

Peasants And Power State Autonomy And The Collectivization Of Agriculture In Eastern Europe

By Joan Sokolovsky Copyright 1991
    181 Pages
    by Routledge

    181 Pages
    by Routledge

    Focusing on events in Hungary and Poland from 1948 to 1962, Dr Sokolovsky shows why collectivization can best be understood as an element in state-building for the new regimes of Eastern Europe. For these countries policy options were constrained by dependence upon the Soviet Union and the economic demands of a newly industrializing society. Econom

    Collectivization and Theory-Building -- The Implementation of Collectivization in Poland -- The Second Phase -- The Implementation of Collectivization in Hungary -- Hungary: The Second Phase -- Collectivization and State-Building: Poland and Hungary Compared

    Biography

    Jay Sokolovsky is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Society, Culture and Language, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.