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Library of Modern Russia Ser.: Stalin's Economic Advisors : The Varga Institute and the Making of Soviet Foreign Policy by Kyung Deok Roh (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101838602135
ISBN-139781838602130
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038416648
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStalin's Economic Advisors : the Varga Institute and the Making of Soviet Foreign Policy
Publication Year2019
SubjectNgos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Economic History, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, International Relations / General, Political
TypeTextbook
AuthorKyung Deok Roh
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
SeriesLibrary of Modern Russia Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal327.4700904
Table Of ContentIntroduction Chapter 1: Between Science and Propaganda: Institutional Development of the Institute of World Economy and World Politics, 1927-1953 Chapter 2: An Academic Institute under Totalitarian Control? The Internal and External Operation of the Institute of World Economy and World Politics, 1927-1947 Chapter 3: Combining Marxism and W. E. Mitchell's Business Cycle Theory: The Theoretical Basis of the Varga Group, 1927-1953 Chapter 4: "A Concrete-Historical Analysis": The Varga Group's Discourse on World Economy and Its Crisis, 1927-1953 Chapter 5: "Too Old, Too Foreign": Rethinking the Varga Controversy and the End of the Institute of World Economy and World Politics, 1941-1953 Conclusion
SynopsisSoviet foreign policy in the Stalin era is commonly assumed to have been a direct product of either Marxist ideology or the leader's whims. Both assumptions, however, oversimplify the complex and subtle factors involved in its creation and implementation. Kyung-Deok Roh provides an alternative, more nuanced, explanation and demonstrates the key role played by Stalin's economic advisors. The so-called 'Varga Institute', a 'think tank' led by Evgenii Varga, developed a unique scholarly discourse on the capitalist economy and international politics, based on an amalgam of Marxist economics and, notably, the work of American economist W. E. Mitchell. The institute's scholarship, which suggested the resilience, adaptability and stability of the capitalist economy, created the discursive space within which decisions were made, and influenced Stalin to move increasingly from aggressive strategies towards more cautious international policies. Roh's account, the first comprehensive study of this pivotal group, demonstrates the many complex ways that Soviet foreign policy was created and sheds new light onto the controversial relationship between Soviet academia and the party. Based on extensive archival research into previously untouched material, Stalin's Economic Advisors is essential reading for all researchers seeking to add nuance to their conception of Stalinist foreign policy, economic thought and politics., Soviet foreign policy in the Stalin era is commonly assumed to have been a direct product of either Marxist ideology or the leader's whims. Both assumptions, however, oversimplify the complex and subtle factors involved in its creation and implementation. Kyung-Deok Roh provides an alternative, more nuanced, explanation and demonstrates the key role played by Stalin's economic advisors. The so-called 'Varga Institute', a 'think tank' led by Evgenii Varga, developed a unique scholarly discourse on the capitalist economy and international politics, based on an amalgam of Marxist economics and, notably, the work of American economist W. E. Mitchell. The institute's scholarship, which suggested the resilience, adaptability and stability of the capitalist economy, created the discursive space within which decisions were made, and influenced Stalin to move increasingly from aggressive strategies towards more cautious international policies. Roh's account, the first comprehensive study of this pivotal group, demonstrates the many complex ways that Soviet foreign policy was created and sheds new light onto the controversial relationship between Soviet academia and the party.Based on extensive archival research into previously untouched material, Stalin's Economic Advisors is essential reading for all researchers seeking to add nuance to their conception of Stalinist foreign policy, economic thought and politics., Soviet foreign policy in the Stalin era is commonly assumed to have been a direct product of either Marxist ideology or the leader's whims. Both assumptions, however, oversimplify the complex and subtle factors involved in its creation and implementation. Kyung-Deok Roh provides an alternative, more nuanced, explanation and demonstrates the key role played by Stalin's economic advisors. The so-called 'Varga Institute' , a 'think tank' led by Evgenii Varga, developed a unique scholarly discourse on the capitalist economy and international politics, based on an amalgam of Marxist economics and, notably, the work of American economist W. E. Mitchell. The institute's scholarship, which suggested the resilience, adaptability and stability of the capitalist economy, created the discursive space within which decisions were made, and influenced Stalin to move increasingly from aggressive strategies towards more cautious international policies. Roh's account, the first comprehensive study of this pivotal group, demonstrates the many complex ways that Soviet foreign policy was created and sheds new light onto the controversial relationship between Soviet academia and the party. Based on extensive archival research into previously untouched material, Stalin's Economic Advisors is essential reading for all researchers seeking to add nuance to their conception of Stalinist foreign policy, economic thought and politics.
LC Classification NumberDK268.5
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