Eastern European success with socialized agriculture: developmental and Sovietological lessons
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Eastern Europe has been successful in its implementation of Soviet-style socialized agriculture despite the failure of the Soviet Union to reap decent results from its agricultural policy. Unlike the Soviet experience, the collectivization of agriculture in Eastern Europe led to tremendous increases in productivity. The policies succeeded because Eastern European governments implemented different political and investment strategies bolstered by significant economic support. Agricultural workers in these post-Communist countries are not wont to give up their collective farms even when presented with an individualistic and capitalist type of agricultural model which they consider replete with risks.
Publication Name: Review of Radical Political Economics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0486-6134
Year: 1991
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The breakdown of Sweden's corporatist agricultural policy regime
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Sweden's corporatist agricultural policy may have to give way to protectionism and price support in answer to the agricultural crisis affecting Europe. The country's traditional agricultural policy was based on a joint accord between labor and the government. The government acted as both an agent of labor and as a capitalist corporation on matters of wages and labor practices. The supply glut however severely tests Sweden's economic policy. Sweden may have to resort to freeing farm commodity markets to the laws of supply and demand, especially in light of its application for membership in the European Community.
Publication Name: Review of Radical Political Economics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0486-6134
Year: 1991
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Socialist economics: which way now?
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There is no single socialist model because the traditional socialist models focus on a single model which focuses on state ownership and a highly- integrated system of central planning. On the other hand, the new socialist models focus on various ownership and central planning patterns, resulting in different economic models. For social democracy to survive, it must prove itself capable of being adaptable and dynamic.
Publication Name: Review of Radical Political Economics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0486-6134
Year: 1992
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