Showing papers in "Europe-Asia Studies in 1980"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss who gets what, when and how in the context of housing in the Soviet Union, and propose a model for determining who receives what and when in the housing market.
Abstract: (1980). Who gets what, when and how? Housing in the Soviet Union. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 235-259.
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TL;DR: In this article, the consumer second economy: Size and effects, and its effect on the second economy are discussed. But they do not consider the second-order effects of trade.
Abstract: (1980). The consumer second economy: Size and effects. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 218-234.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between resource allocations and demographic processes in the Soviet Baltic republics is examined, and the real or potential consequences in terms of russification of the Baltic states are considered.
Abstract: The author critically examines the relationship between resource allocations and demographic processes in the Soviet Baltic republics. In particular the real or potential consequences in terms of russification of the Baltic states are considered (ANNOTATION)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the collectivization of Estonian agriculture: the deportation phase, and discuss the effect of this on the Estonian agricultural system and its subsequent development.
Abstract: (1980). Soviet collectivization of Estonian agriculture: The deportation phase. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 379-397.
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TL;DR: In this article, the meaning of such categories as "nationality" and "native tongue" is illustrated using material obtained from recent emigrants from the USSR mainly Soviet Germans emigrating to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1979.
Abstract: The author examines how data on ethnic groups in the 1979 Soviet census should be treated. In particular the meaning of such categories as "nationality" and "native tongue" is illustrated using material obtained from recent emigrants from the USSR mainly Soviet Germans emigrating to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1979. The implications for the interpretation of Soviet census results are considered (ANNOTATION)
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TL;DR: The level-of-development hypothesis as mentioned in this paper argues that a maldistribution of funds and services in the welfare realm stems from the party elite's constant resolve to place a rapidly growing industrial output before all else.
Abstract: IN the Soviet Union there is considerable regional variation in most social welfare indicators. Housing space per capita, hospital beds per capita and retail trade turnover per capita, all, for example, differ widely from region to region. From relevant literature on Soviet welfare policies two hypotheses concerning regional differences in policy results can be gleaned. These hypotheses can be labelled as follows: 1) level of development and 2) equalization. According to the level-of-development hypothesis, the higher the level of economic development the higher the level of social services and benefits. While this hypothesis is rooted in analyses of the Stalin era, it is also frequently advanced as an explanation of policy patterns for the Khrushchev and Brezhnev-Kosygin periods. Stalin's goals involved rapid industrialization, the conversion of a backward, agrarian Russia into an industrial giant. Fainsod has asserted that the industrialization drive, beginning with the onset of the five-year plans in 1929, led to the repudiation of mass welfare and egalitarianism.' Welfare became not only a secondary consideration, but was also utilitarian in nature, serving primarily as a means of reinforcing industrialization.2 The level-of-development hypothesis thus holds that a maldistribution of funds and services in the welfare realm stems from the party elite's constant resolve to place a rapidly growing industrial output before all else. But have such concerns and policy patterns been perpetuated in the post-Stalin era? Osborn has argued that welfare policy is still geared towards the reinforcement of investment in industry. 3 Hence he regards a growing industrial base as the key explanatory variable accounting for the availability of investment funds for housing and for the improvement of living conditions in general. In a similar vein Mickiewicz has asserted that the Soviet pattern of development continues to favour the city, with 'life in the country . .. becoming qualitatively inferior to that of the cities'.4 The prominent Soviet dissident, Andrei Sakharov, has spoken of the distribution issue as follows: 'There is inequality among regions: Moscow and the larger cities are favoured in the distribution of products, living comforts, cultural services, and so on.'5
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of finance in the Soviet effort in World War II, and present a model of how to finance the effort in the war effort in order to finance it.
Abstract: (1980). Financing the Soviet effort in World War II. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 106-123.
TL;DR: The financial crisis in the USSR: A comment as mentioned in this paper was a comment on the economic situation in the former USSR and its economic crisis in 1980-1990s, and it was discussed in detail.
Abstract: (1980). The financial crisis in the USSR: A comment. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 583-585.
TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of political propaganda in the USSR was investigated and the authors concluded that political propaganda can be classified into three categories: propaganda effectiveness, political influence, and propaganda effectiveness.
Abstract: (1980). The effectiveness of political propaganda in the USSR. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 323-348.
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between nationality and age in the former USSR was examined and the differences in changing patterns of age composition among the individual nationalities making up the Soviet population.
Abstract: The author uses recent Soviet census data with the exception of the 1979 census to examine the relationship between nationality and age in the USSR Particular attention is given to the differences in changing patterns of age composition among the individual nationalities making up the Soviet population (ANNOTATION)
TL;DR: In this article, group challenges and ideological de-radicalization in Yugoslavia are discussed. But the authors do not consider the impact of group dynamics on the de-radication process.
Abstract: (1980). Group challenges and ideological de‐radicalization in Yugoslavia. Soviet Studies: Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 561-579.