The Rise and Decline of Communist Czechoslovakias Railway Sector
Tomáš Nigrin, "The Rise and Decline of Communist Czechoslovakias Railway Sector"
English | ISBN: 9633864763 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 9633864763 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
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.
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