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Crisis amid Plenty : The Politics of Soviet Energy under Brezhnev and Gorbachev /

Although the Soviet Union has the most abundant energy reserves of any country, energy policy has been the single most disruptive factor in its industry since the mid-1970s. This major case study treats the paradox of the energy crisis as an essential part of larger economic problems of the Soviet U...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gustafson, Thane (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS AND FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
  • ONE. The Soviet Energy Crisis and the Problem of Reform
  • Two. The Evolution of Soviet Energy Policy, 1970-1988
  • THREE. Origins of the First Soviet Oil Crisis, 1970-1982
  • FOUR. The Second Oil Crisis, 1982-1988
  • FIVE. The Soviet Gas Campaign, 1970-1988
  • SIX. Industrial Support for the Oil and Gas Campaigns: The Interaction of Domestic Policy and Import Strategy
  • SEVEN. The Slow Move to Conservation
  • EIGHT. Soviet Energy Exports: From Free Ride to Rude Awakening
  • NINE. Explaining the Soviet Energy Crisis: System versus Leadership
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX: Drilling Statistics
  • INDEX