1. Geographical and historical outline -- 2. A note on the political structure -- 3. Industrialization -- 4. Agriculture -- 5. Social services -- 6. Finance -- 7. Incomes -- 8. Comparisons with neighbors -- 9. Assessment.

In virtually all advanced industrialized countries, the explosive topic of immigration has engendered heated argument, political anger, cultural anxieties, and blatant racism. In the United States, most of the attention is on the stream of Mexicans crossing the border in such numbers that early...

The postcommunist transitions produced two very different types of states. The "contractual" state is associated with the countries of Eastern Europe, which moved toward democratic regimes, consensual relations with society, and clear boundaries between political power and economic wealth. The...

Could the USSR have been prepared for World War II more humanely and efficiently? In this first integrated evaluation of Stalin's economic goals and actions, Holland Hunter and Janusz Szyrmer reconstruct and test Soviet results annually and by sector. Addressing historians, political scientists,...

chapter Soviet Planning and Labour in Peace and War -- chapter Contents -- chapter Preface -- chapter I Economic Planning in U.S.S.R -- chapter II The Soviet Financial System -- chapter III Work and Wages -- chapter IV The Economic Effects of the War.