 | Why Perestroika Failed Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Politics & International Relations; Economics Finance and Accounting; European Politics; Economic Theory & Philosophy; Russian & Soviet Politics; Perestroika was acclaimed in the west but brought empty shelves in the east. Why Perestroika Failed argues that this was inevitable because it was not based on a sound understanding of market and political processes. Even if the perestroika programme had been carried out to the full it would have failed to bring about the structural changes necessa |
