Open AccessPlanning Refinements and Combine Formation in East German Economic "Intensification"
Author(s) -
Phillip J. Bryson,
Manfred Melzer
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.1987.28
Subject(s) - german , elite , democracy , courage , politics , political science , economic system , political economy , economics , history , law , archaeology
In recent years, the formation of industrial combines (Kombinate) and the introduction of economic planning innovations appear to have been responsible for a surprisingly strong economic performance on the part of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The positive recent record seems to have convinced the GDR political and intellectual elite (and given them courage to suggest in private) that their country, rather than Hungary, for example, has become the model for further socialist development.