Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist
Czechoslovakia

B 2019

Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia

ŽÍDEK, Libor

Basic information

Original name

Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Name in Czech

Centrálně plánované ekonomiky: teorie a praxe v socialistickém Československu

Authors

ŽÍDEK, Libor (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st. London, New York, 258 pp. Routledge Studies in the European Economy, 2019

Publisher

Routledge

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Odborná kniha

Field of Study

50201 Economic Theory

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00107768

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-1-138-61438-3

Keywords (in Czech)

centrálně plánovaná ekonomika; Československo; orální historie

Keywords in English

centrally planned economy; Czechoslovakia; oral history

Abstract

V originále

Offering a retrospective view of how the system operated in Communist Czechoslovakia, this book is an important voice in the discussion about the systems of central planning. The unique features of the book include in-depth research comprising both archival records and analyses of around 75 interviews conducted with period managers across a wide range of management levels. They provided evidence of pervasive inefficiency resulting in appalling economic outcomes. The book begins with a background to the politico-sociological system in Czechoslovakia and proceeds to describe the Marxist-Leninist ideological foundation of the regime, which underpinned the formal setting of the Czechoslovak model. These initial chapters set the context for the subsequent analysis of the real functioning of the system. The book explores the economic outcomes that must be understood as a natural consequence of the ways in which this system operated. The author finishes by answering the important question of why centrally planned economies trailed behind the market economies. The book’s unique use of the interview research format brings a vivid, close-up view of the everyday economic life in the centrally planned system. This will be a valuable contribution to the discussion surrounding the day-to-day reality of the system, which was found to be more colourful than is generally deemed. The book will appeal to both economic historians and students of economic history. A warning against repeating past mistakes, this book will also be of interest to those seeking a greater knowledge of the realities and consequences of centrally planned economies.

Links

GA15-09404S, research and development project

Name: Reálné fungování centrálně plánované ekonomiky v Československu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

ŽÍDEK, Libor. Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia. 1st. London, New York: Routledge, 2019, 258 pp. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. ISBN 978-1-138-61438-3.

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ŽÍDEK, Libor. \textit{Centrally Planned Economies: Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia}. 1st. London, New York: Routledge, 2019, 258 pp. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. ISBN~978-1-138-61438-3.

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