Klappentext: This book discusses the case for socialism and the models of socialist planning. Through examining different countries, each chapter examines the successes and failures of contrasting socialist policies. The theories and techniques of socialist planning are discussed in relation to...

Introduction: The great agrarian conquest -- Masculine paternalism and colonial governance -- How villages were found -- In search of tenures -- The power of categories -- Codifying custom -- Remembered pasts -- Beyond the code -- Fear of the fragment -- Colonising the commons -- The promise of...

1. Kautilya’s Arthashashtra and a mixed economy within Monarchy -- 2. Socialism in the Soviet Union -- 3. Socialism within a Democracy, Fabian Socialism in Yugoslavia, Scandinavia, India -- 4. Socialist theory of Feldman and Mahalanobis -- 5. Socialist Calculation -- 6. Contemporary capitalism...