Centrally planned economies : theory and practice in socialist Czechoslovakia /: theory and practice in socialist Czechoslovakia. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Libor Žídek.
• Authors: Žídek, Libor
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and diagrams; Tables; Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Formal and informal institutions of the socialist era; 1.1 Political system and development; 1.1.1 The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia; 1.2 Legal and enforcing system; 1.2.1 Administration of justice; 1.3 Paternalist and repressive state; 1.3.1 Paternalist state; 1.3.2 Repressive state; 1.4 Informal institutions: behaviour of individuals; 1.4.1 Working habits and inequality in income; 1.4.2 Morals and religion; 1.4.3 Everyday economic incentives 2 Marxist-Leninist economic theory2.1 Capitalism; 2.2 Socialism; 2.2.1 Leading role of the communist party and role of state; 2.2.2 Nationalization; 2.2.3 Planning process; 2.2.4 Specifics of central planning environment; General labour duty and dealing with the labour force; State monopoly and competition; Banking and non-monetary economy; International integration; 2.3 Criticism of Marxist economic policy; 3 Formal settings of central planning in Czechoslovakia; 3.1 The role of the Communist Party; 3.2 Ownership -- nationalization; 3.3 Description of the planning model 3.3.1 Principles of planning3.3.2 Definition of the main entities in the planning hierarchy; The economic centre (Federal government, State Planning Commission, ministries); Production-economic units (VHJ); Socialist enterprise; 3.3.3 Types of the central plan; Plans according to time; Plans according to subject; 3.3.4 Creation of the central plan; 3.3.5 Balance method; 3.4 The specifics of the planning system; 3.4.1 Planning of labour market; 3.4.2 Banking sector and non-monetary system; 3.4.3 Outer relationships; 4 Practices of central planning in Czechoslovakia 4.1 General environment and settings of the system4.1.1 Ownership; 4.1.2 Central plan in practice; Central plan or markets?; Balance; 4.1.3 Influence of the Communist Party on the economy; 4.2 Behaviour of the economic centre in the CPE model; 4.2.1 Forming and meeting of the plan; 4.2.2 Investment; 4.2.3 Wage policy; 4.2.4 Who controlled the centre?; 4.3 The role of the VHJs in the CPE system; 4.4 Behaviour of companies; 4.4.1 Plan formation; 4.4.2 Companies in the production phase; Vicious cycle of shortage and hoarding; Search for opportunities; Credit Cooperative, non-competitive environment4.4.3 Meeting the plan; What exactly to meet/to produce?; How to achieve the global plan for the company?; What was the "optimal" fulfilment of the global plan?; Failure to complete the plan; 5 Macroeconomic results; 5.1 Meeting the global plan; 5.2 Economic growth; 5.2.1 Character of economic growth; GDP per capita and real wages; Productivity; Structure of the economy; The share of investment; The share of (personal) consumption; 5.3 Unemployment and functioning of the labour market; 5.4 Price stability and inflation
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 338.9437; Central planning -- Czechoslovakia; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; Central planning; Economic history; Economic policy; Czechoslovakia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1992; Czechoslovakia -- Economic policy -- 1945-1992; Czechoslovakia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429464119; 0429464118; 9780429874642; 0429874642; 9780429874659; 0429874650; 9780429874666; 0429874669
• Related ISBNs: 1138614386; 9781138614383
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2019).
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