Many Shades of Red: State Policy and Collective Agriculture

Many Shades of Red: State Policy and Collective Agriculture
ISBN-10
0847690393
ISBN-13
9780847690398
Category
Political Science
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Mieke Meurs

Description

This volume provides a radical and timely corrective to received wisdom about the seemingly inevitable transition from communism to capitalism. Arguing against popular misconceptions that portray collectivized agriculture as an unqualified failure, the contributors draw upon newly available local sources to illuminate its costs, benefits, successes, and failures. They highlight the wide variety of state policies, local responses, and economic outcomes, as well as the influence of local geography, political structures, and economic institutions. With its institutionalist analysis of both the causes and impacts of policy differences, this study provides lessons of continuing relevance to the many countries grappling with agrarian reform.

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