Socialist Unemployment : : The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990 / / Susan L. Woodward.
In the first political analysis of unemployment in a socialist country, Susan Woodward argues that the bloody conflicts that are destroying Yugoslavia stem not so much from ancient ethnic hatreds as from the political and social divisions created by a failed socialist program to prevent capitalist j...
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Woodward, Susan L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Socialist Unemployment : The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990 / Susan L. Woodward. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©1995 1 online resource (443 p.) : 21 line illustrations, 16 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Paradox of Socialist Unemployment -- Chapter 2 THE MAKING OF A STRATEGY FOR CHANGE -- Chapter 3 CREATING A STATE FOR SOCIALIST DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 4 MILITARY SELF-RELIANCE, FOREIGN TRADE, AND THE ORIGINS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 5 A REPUBLIC OF PRODUCERS -- Chapter 6 UNEMPLOYMENT -- Chapter 7 THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN -- Chapter 8 SLOVENIA AND FOCA -- Chapter 9 DIVISIONS OF LABOR -- Chapter 10 BREAKDOWN -- EPILOGUE -- Appendix STATISTICAL DATA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In the first political analysis of unemployment in a socialist country, Susan Woodward argues that the bloody conflicts that are destroying Yugoslavia stem not so much from ancient ethnic hatreds as from the political and social divisions created by a failed socialist program to prevent capitalist joblessness. Under Communism the concept of socialist unemployment was considered an oxymoron; when it appeared in postwar Yugoslavia, it was dismissed as illusory or as a transitory consequence of Yugoslavia's unorthodox experiments with worker-managed firms. In Woodward's view, however, it was only a matter of time before countries in the former Soviet bloc caught up with Yugoslavia, confronting the same unintended consequences of economic reforms required to bring socialist states into the world economy. By 1985, Yugoslavia's unemployment rate had risen to 15 percent. How was it that a labor-oriented government managed to tolerate so clear a violation of the socialist commitment to full employment? Proposing a politically based model to explain this paradox, Woodward analyzes the ideology of economic growth, and shows that international constraints, rather than organized political pressures, defined government policy. She argues that unemployment became politically "invisible," owing to its redefinition in terms of guaranteed subsistence and political exclusion, with the result that it corrupted and ultimately dissolved the authority of all political institutions. Forced to balance domestic policies aimed at sustaining minimum standards of living and achieving productivity growth against the conflicting demands of the world economy and national security, the leadership inadvertently recreated the social relations of agrarian communities within a postindustrial society. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Full employment policies Yugoslavia. Socialism Yugoslavia. Unemployment Yugoslavia. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. bisacsh Austria. Austromarxism. Bolcic, Silvano. Bukharin, Nikolai. Cannon, Cavendish. Comisso, Ellen. Connor, Walker. Dalmatia. Djilas, Milovan. Estrin, Saul. Gapinski, James. Gligorov, Kiro. Great Britain. Green Plan (1973). Horvat, Branko. Keynesianism. Krstulovic, Vicko. Pijade, Mosa. Planinc, Milka. administrative period. budget deficits. deficits, domestic. economic coercion concept. export promotion. farm collectives. health insurance. housing shortage. investment, foreign. job security. joint ventures. labor markets, informal. mass participation concept. national independence. overemployment. rationing. remittances. security zones. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691219653?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691219653 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691219653.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Paradox of Socialist Unemployment -- Chapter 2 THE MAKING OF A STRATEGY FOR CHANGE -- Chapter 3 CREATING A STATE FOR SOCIALIST DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 4 MILITARY SELF-RELIANCE, FOREIGN TRADE, AND THE ORIGINS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 5 A REPUBLIC OF PRODUCERS -- Chapter 6 UNEMPLOYMENT -- Chapter 7 THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN -- Chapter 8 SLOVENIA AND FOCA -- Chapter 9 DIVISIONS OF LABOR -- Chapter 10 BREAKDOWN -- EPILOGUE -- Appendix STATISTICAL DATA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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