Rise and Decline of Communist Czechoslovakia´s Railway Sector

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Once the pride of interwar Czechoslovakia, and key during the forced industrialization of the Stalinist period, during the 1970s and 1980s the Czechoslovak railway sector showed the symptoms of the political tiredness and economic exhaustion of the Soviet Bloc. This book examines the failure of central economic planning through the lens of this national transport system.Based on the presentation of its history and on the detailed scrutiny of the actors, institutions, internal mechanisms, and conditions of the railway sector, the analysis reveals the identities of the real stakeholders in the state administration. This case shows how the country was governed by Communist Party institutions and government ministries, and how developments in the transportation sector - like in every sector - reflected their priorities. Numerous tables with selected statistics underscore the economic analysis and black and white photos offer a glimpse on the technical base of the railway sector.The book is filled with enlightening comparisons of the Czechoslovak transportation industry with its counterparts in the whole Eastern Bloc. Integration into the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) of the Bloc could have been an asset, yet the records have more to say about conflicts than cooperation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:630 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9789633864760

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Tomáš Nigrin is director of the Institute of International Studies, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague.

Recensioner i media

"Tomáš Nigrin's book is a valuable contribution to the history of Czechoslovak and European railways and the history of transportation in the second half of the twentieth century. He analyzes previously unpublished sources and puts the whole problem in a broader European context."https://muse.jhu.edu/article/903993

Innehållsförteckning

List of tables, List of figures1. Introduction 2. Rail Transport in Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1970 2.1 The First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) 2.2 The Second Czechoslovak Republic and the Nazi Occupation (1938-1945) 2.3 Czechoslovakia After World War II (1945-1970) 2.4 Other Transport Sectors in Czechoslovakia (1918-1970) 2.5 Chapter Summary 3. Actors and Institutions of Policy-making for the Railway Sector 3.1 Actors and Institutions of Transportation Policy 3.2 Transportation Policy and the Central Plan 3.3 Institutions of the Railway Sector 3.4 The Foreign Policy of Railway Transport 3.5 Chapter Summary 4. The Internal Mechanisms of the Railway Sector 4.1 The Transportation Sector in the Central Plan 4.2 The Real Mechanisms in the Economy 4.3 The Economy of the Railway Sector 4.4 Political Duties: A Case Study of the Czechoslovak Spartakiads 4.5 National Security Tasks in Peace and War 4.6 Chapter Summary 5. Conditions in the Railway Sector 5.1 Case Study: Operations 5.2 Case Study: The Personnel Situation 5.3 International Cooperation 5.4 Chapter Summary 6. Conclusion References, Index.