The Development of Democratic Centralism in the Management of the Soviet Economy

Looking back from the summit of six decades on the complex process of creation and development of the economic mechanism in the USSR, we can clearly see how much the methods, tools, and organizational structure of the system of planned economic management have changed during these years. Nonetheless the basic principle of the system â democratic centralism â has not only remained unshakable but has also grown continually stronger, since it has expressed and continues to express one of the most important conditions of the planned combination of public, collective, and personal interests. It is natural that the principle of democratic centralism is a part of the new Constitution of the USSR.