Alexander Nove

Alexander Nove FRSE, FBA (24 November 1915, Saint Petersburg - 15 May 1994, Glasgow) was a Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow and a noted authority on Russian/Soviet economic history. According to Ian D. Thatcher, "the consensus is that he was one of the most significant scholars of 'Soviet' studies in its widest sense and beyond." [Ian D. Thatcher, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3955/is_n8_v47/ai_18173708 "Alec Nove: a bibliographical tribute - Soviet Studies scholar"] , "Europe-Asia Studies", december 1995.]

Education

* King Alfred School, London
* London School of Economics (Honorary Fellow, 1982); BSc (Econ) 1936.

Career

* Army, 1939-46
* Civil Service (mainly Board of Trade), 1947-58
* Reader in Russian Social and Economic Studies, University of London, 1958-63
* Professor of Economics, University of Glasgow, 1963-82, then Emeritus Professor
* Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Glasgow, 1982-1994

Publications

* The Soviet Economy, 1961
* (with J. A. Newth) The Soviet Middle East, 1965
* Was Stalin Really Necessary?, 1965
* Economic History of the USSR, 1969, 3rd edn 1993
* (ed with D. M. Nuti) Socialist Economics, 1972
* Efficiency Criteria for Nationalised Industries, 1973
* Stalinism and After, 1976
* The Soviet Economic System, 1977, 3rd edn 1986
* Political Economy and Soviet Socialism, 1979
* The Economics of Feasible Socialism, 1983
* Socialism, Economics and Development, 1986
* Glasnost in Action, 1989
* Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited, 1991
* Studies in Economics and Russia, 1991
* An economic history of the USSR (Londen 1992)
* (ed) The Stalin Phenomenon, 1993.

References

* Who was Who

Notes

* Alec has two great great grandchildren

External links

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