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Inside the East European Planned Economy

This book puts forward a new perspective on the planned economies of communist Eastern Europe, demonstrating in detail how economic practice in such countries was shaped by the interplay among planners, managers and Party apparatchiks. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with former employees of industrial enterprises, the book argues that shortages, chronic over-capacities and erroneous planning decisions were present from the very beginning, rather than the consequences of later plan mistakes. They were the natural outcome of a profound conflict between leaders attempt to adapt the basic laws of economics to their ideology and interests, and the requirements for rational bureaucracy of an increasingly sophisticated economy. The book discusses the evolution of and debates about the planned economy, considers the practice of plan development and implementation, and provides very detailed examples of how the planned economy actually worked at the level of the factory, at the point where plans and managers interacted with workers and production.

Voicu Ion Sucal is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management at the University of Exeter.

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Inside the East European Planned Economy

State Planning, Factory and Manager

Voicu Ion Sucal

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Names: Sucala, Voicu Ion, author.

Title: Inside the East European planned economy : state planning, factory and manager / Voicu Ion Sucala.

Description: First Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2018. |

Series: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 122 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017054007| ISBN 9781138068681 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315157689 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: RomaniaEconomic policy1945-1989. | Industrial managementRomania. | RomaniaPolitics and government19441989.

Classification: LCC HC405 .S83 2018 | DDC 330.9498dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017054007

ISBN: 978-1-138-06868-1 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-351-65436-4 (ebk)

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To Felicia and Ioan Sucal

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This book wouldnt have been possible without the work, time, effort and support of so many different people, a few of whom I would like to thank here. The book is based on research I carried out in the last decade, mostly as part of my doctoral studies at University of Glasgow.

First, Id like to thank to Professors Terry Cox and Stephen White, both from University of Glasgow, for supporting me with their exceptional erudition, knowledge and advice. Their careful and always constructive feedback has been crucial.

Along time many other academics have kindly helped me with advices, comments, suggestions and sometimes with much needed criticism. They are too many to mention them all here. However, I feel that a few names should be mentioned: Kate Brown, Dan Cndea, Carmen Constantinescu, Cezar Mereu, David Moon, Petru Prunea, Neelu Rohmetra, Dan Stegroiu and Neharika Vohra. Ioan Abrudans idea to invite managers to discuss with students, and to record those meetings for further research has been proved seminal. Additionally, all the interviewees who allowed themselves to be questioned deserve my gratitude. Even if not all of them are quoted in this book, they all helped me to get a better understanding of the industrial activity on that period.

I also thank Peter Sowden and the staff at Routledge for the patience, support and assistance in the process of production of this book.

Id finally like to thank all of my close friends and family for providing the support during this difficult and exciting endeavour. I cannot express my gratitude enough to my parents, without whom I wouldnt be here today. And to Dan and Tudor, my perpetual sources of inspiration.

This book presents the results of research focused on the main organisational and social practices within the Romanian industrial enterprise in the period of communist rule. This includes the relation between the enterprises and the planning structures mostly the industrial branch ministry, aspects of personnel relations with the enterprise, the processes of selection and promotion, and the relations between these processes and the ruling Communist Partys strategies, directives and plans. The research made use of documents identified in Romanian National Archives, of two enterprises monographs, and of interviews with former employees of these and other organisations.

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