Was Communism Doomed? Human Nature, Psychology and the Communist Economy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kemp, Simon (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Comparative politics.; Russia > Politics and government.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Comparative Politics.; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.

This book explores whether the ideology of communism was doomed to failure due to psychological rather than structural flaws. Does communism fail because there is not enough individual incentive and does it discourage psychological ownership? If so, does it produce learned helplessness and therefore...