Von der Rustkammer des Reiches Zum Maschinenwerk des Sozialismus

English summary: Between the late 1930s and the early 1950s, the economic system of the Bohemian countries went through a transformation from a market economy to a centrally planned economy of the Soviet type. This study analyzes this transformation process by looking at the state's claim for control and the economic political order in combination with the viewpoint of individual companies. In this way, not only the protagonists participating in economic life are brought into focus,...
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English summary: Between the late 1930s and the early 1950s, the economic system of the Bohemian countries went through a transformation from a market economy to a centrally planned economy of the Soviet type. This study analyzes this transformation process by looking at the state's claim for control and the economic political order in combination with the viewpoint of individual companies. In this way, not only the protagonists participating in economic life are brought into focus, but for the first time also the ways in which the two controlling systems functioned, as well as the different degrees to which companies retained freedom of action. German description: Zwischen den spaten 1930er und den fruhen 1950er Jahren durchlief die Wirtschaftsordnung der bohmischen Lander einen Wandel von der Marktwirtschaft zur Zentralplanwirtschaft sowjetischen Typs. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht diesen Transformationsprozess, indem sie den staatlichen Lenkungsanspruch und die wirtschaftliche Ordnungspolitik mit der Perspektive der Unternehmen kombiniert. Auf diese Weise werden nicht nur die Akteure des Wirtschaftslebens in den Blick genommen, sondern erstmals auch die Funktionsweisen der beiden Lenkungssysteme und die jeweils unterschiedlichen Handlungsspielraume der Unternehmen.