Download or read book Why Perestroika Failed written by Peter J Boettke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1993-01-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perestroika was acclaimed in the west but brought empty shelves in the east. Why Perestroika Failed argues that this was inevitable because it was not based on a sound understanding of market and political processes. Even if the perestroika programme had been carried out to the full it would have failed to bring about the structural changes necessa