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| Author: | Gregory, P. |
| Title: | Debate: the Soviet agricultural surplus: a retrospective |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
2009 : JUN, VOL. 61:4, p. 669-683 |
| Index terms: | agricultural policy agriculture communism CIS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The transcripts of the Central Committee Plenums from December 1928 to November 1929 are used to re-evaluate James Millar's three propositions concerning collectivisation and the net agricultural surplus. It is found that the debate between Stalin and Bukharin was indeed consistent with Millar's analysis and it supplies new information on the role of markets, repression and primitive accumulation. These questions are examined here against the background of the Central Committee transcripts to determine whether the principals truly aimed to increase the agricultural surplus as defined by Millar, their respective positions on coercion, and the role of Marxist ideology in their decision making. |
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