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Robert Davies. The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, Volume 4.

Robert Davies. The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, Volume 4. Crisis and Progress in the Soviet Economy, 1931-1933.

Londres: Macmillan, 1996.

600 páginas.

CONTENTS

Preface

1 – THE 1931 PLAN

2 – THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE, JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 4, 1931

3 – THE STRUGGLE FOR THE PLAN: JANUARY-JUNE 1931

Economic Development

The Drive for Discipline

Revision of the Plans

Signs of Reform

4 – STALIN’S CONDITIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

5 – REFORMS AND PLANS, JULY-DECEMBER 1931

The Political Context

Attempts at Economic Reform

The Struggle for the Plan

6 – 1931 IN RETROSPECT

Capital Investment

Industrial Production

Labour and Labour Productivity

Costs and Finance

The Defence Sector

Foreign Trade in Crisis

7 – THE 1932 PLAN

8 – THE XVII PARTY CONFERENCE, JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 4, 1932

9 – REFORMS AMID DIFFICULTIES, JANUARY-JUNE 1932

The Economy under Strain

Import Cuts

Defence Imperatives

Food Shortages

Economic and Financial Policy

Radical Economic Reform

10 – CRISIS AND REPRESSION, JULY-DECEMBER 1932

Crisis, July-August 1932

The Harsh Solution and its Opponents, August-December 1932

The Economic Debate, Autumn 1932

Economic Developments, September-December 1932

The Control of Labour, November-December 1932

Towards Realistic Planning

11 – 1932 IN RETROSPECT

Capital Investment

Industrial Production

Labour and Labour Productivity

Costs and Finance

The Defence Sector

Foreign Trade

12 – THE JANUARY PLENUM AND THE 1933 PLAN

13 – FROM DISASTER TO STABILITY: THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF 1933

14 – THE DEPTHS OF CRISIS, JANUARY-MARCH 1933

15 – THE EVE OF THE UPSURGE, APRIL-DECEMBER 1933

Economic Policy

The Outcome

16 – 1933 IN RETROSPECT

Capital Investment

Industrial Production

Labour and Labour Productivity

Stabilisation of Costs

Finance

The Defence Sector

Foreign Trade under Control

17 – URBAN SOCIETY IN TRANSITION

Non-agricultural Employment

Industrial Workers

The Specialists and the Ruling Elite

18 – CONCLUSIONS

Economic Policy

The Political and Economic System

Results of the First Five-Year Plan

The Transformation of lndustry

Location of Industry

The Role of Western Technology

Tables

Bibliography