Economics and Ideology

Ideological Change and Economic Reform in Post-Stalin East Germany
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-29331-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

This book explains how ideology can be better integrated into economic history analysis, arguing that if economists and economic historians are to fully understand economic behaviour a much deeper appreciation of ideological processes is required. The book has two parts. The first part presents a comprehensive theory of ideology and ideological change that can be easily incorporated into economic analysis; the second provides an empirical case study of ideological change from East Germany of the 1960s.

The book demonstrates how current restrictive views of ideology found within mainstream economics can be enhanced by adopting a more expansive, multidisciplinary understanding of ideology and its role in the processes of economic change. Merging a view of ideology as a fluid and politically practical concept with the framework of change offered by institutional economics, the authors use this theory to provide an in-depth analysis of how the ideological case for the New Economic System in East Germany and for de-Stalinisation more generally in the 1960s was built. Rich in archival material, the book both deepens our understanding of economic change in the communist world in the post-Stalin era and demonstrates the multifaceted role of ideology in economic decision making. With a cutting-edge approach, this book will be a valuable resource for students of economics, economic history, political economy, as well as of communist and German history.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Magee, Gary B.

Geerling, Wayne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- Part I: Ideology.- 2. Ideology and Economics.- 3. Understandings of Ideology.- 4. A Theory of Ideological Change.- Part II: Ideological Change in Practice: Economic Reform in the German Democratic Republic, 1956-1971.- 5. Ideology and the Process of de-Stalinisation.- 6. Laying the Foundations of Change: Ideological Entrepreneurship and the New Economic System.- 7. Building the Architecture of Change: Cadre Development and The Birth of Socialist Economic Management.- 8.  Closing out the System: The Economic System of Socialism and the End of Reform.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Gary B. Magee  is a Professor of Economics at Monash University, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of Royal Historical Society in the United Kingdom. He has published widely in the fields of economic history, history, and historical political economy.

Wayne Geerling  is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His expertise lies in German economic history and economics education. He has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals in the fields of economics, economic history, and history. He is the author (with Gary B. Magee) of (2022).