This book focuses not only on economic and political transformation since the demise of communism in Eastern and Central Europe, but also on the relationships between economic organization, social patterns and institutional change.
Terry Cox here compares their findings with recent studies on peasant farming in the Third World, revealing the originality and continuing relevance of Kritsman's research.
This study provides a sociological approach to the changes in economic relations that took place in Soviet society under Gorbachev, including both the growth of small-scale private ownership and centralized management of the economy.
In this book, he will take you through his remarkable journey that led him from early childhood to growing up in Los Angeles, CA in the fun loving innocence of the 50's and the turbulent times of the 60's.