Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Strategy and Conflict in the Politics of Soviet-Bloc Trade
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
ISBN: 978-0-691-09598-1
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Why did the Soviet Union squander the political leverage afforded by its trade subsidy to Eastern Europe? Why did Soviet officials fail to bargain with resolve, to link subsidies to salient political issues, to make credible commitments, and to monitor the satellites' policies? Using an unprecedented array of formerly secret documents housed in archives in Moscow, Warsaw, and Prague, as well as interviews with former Communist officials across Eastern Europe, Randall Stone answers these questions and others that have long vexed Western political scientists.Stone argues that trade politics revolved around the incentives created by distorted prices. The East European satellites profited by trading on the margin between prices on the Western market and those in the Soviet bloc. The Soviet Union made numerous attempts to reduce its implicit trade subsidy and increase the efficiency of the bloc, but the satellites managed consistently to outmaneuver Soviet negotiators. Stone demonstrates how the East Europeans artfully resisted Soviet objectives.Stone draws upon recent developments in bargaining and principal-agent theory, arguing that the incentives created by domestic institutions weakened Soviet bargaining strategies. In effect, he suggests, perverse incentive structures in the Soviet economy were exported into Soviet foreign policy. Furthermore, Stone argues, incentives to smother information were so deeply entrenched that they frustrated numerous attempts to reform Soviet institutions.
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Fachgebiete
- Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Handelsabkommen, Wirtschaftsorganisationen
Weitere Infos & Material
List of TablesPrefaceList of AbbreviationsCh. 1A Principal-Agent Theory of Soviet Bargaining Failure3Ch. 2The History of Subsidized Trade27Ch. 3The Politics of Bilateral Trade Negotiations49Ch. 4The Costs of Empire?72Ch. 5Three Case Studies of Politics and Trade89Ch. 6The Comprehensive Program115Ch. 7The Long-Term Target Programs148Ch. 8The Comprehensive Program for Scientific and Technical Progress171Ch. 9Perestroika and the Unified Socialist Market204Ch. 10Conclusions and Reflections238Appendix: List of Interviews251Selected Bibliography261Index277
