MARXIAN PLANNING THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MARXIAN IDEA OF PLANNING

Q: How can I download an article?

To download an article from SID, first log in to the site, search for the article title, and click on the 'Download Article' option.

Q: How can I download an ISI article?

To download an ISI article on SID, enter the keyword or article title in the search bar, view the relevant results, click on the desired article, and select the 'Download Article' option.

Q: How can I access the SID database?

To access the SID database, visit SID.ir, create an account, and log in to access scientific resources.

Q: Is downloading articles from SID free?

Some articles on SID are available for free, while others require payment. Details are specified on the article's page.

EJLALI PARVIZ

مرکز اطلاعات علمی Scientific Information Database (SID) - Trusted Source for Research and Academic Resources

Journal Paper

Paper Information

Journal: Social Development and Welfare Planning Year:2012 | Volume:4 | Issue:11 Page(s): 93-129

Download Full-Text

Persian Verion

View:

1,416

Download:

Cites:

Information Journal Paper

Title

MARXIAN PLANNING THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MARXIAN IDEA OF PLANNING

Author(s)

EJLALI PARVIZ | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

MODE OF PRODUCTIONQ3

MARKET SYSTEMQ2

PLANNING SYSTEMQ2

REGULATION THEORYQ2

MODE OF REGULATIONQ2

SYSTEM OF CAPITAL ACCUMULATIONQ2

Abstract

This paper aims to introduce main axioms of Marxian theory of planning, and its development during twentieth century as well as the recent decade, enabling reader to compare it with other theories. Although the practice of planning began in Soviet Union, Marxist writers were not pioneers in developing a distinct theory of planning. Therefore, to grasp the essence of a Marxian approach to planning, one has to follow all important interpretations and analyses that pro-Marx scholars have published on planning in the capitalist or socialist countries, during the aforementioned time span.A historical review demonstrates that neither Marx nor none of his most distinguished disciples inRussian Social Democratic Workers Party, among them Lenin and Trotsky, had ever tried to explain planning as a distinct question per se significantly. However, negation of market mechanism and capitalism, as well as emphasizing on social ownership versus private property, automatically led to state ownership of productive sources and planning for exploiting them. In this stage, planning was considered a matter of routine by socialist thinkers. Therefore, there was no need for theorizing.Nevertheless, as the first bottlenecks and ambiguities appeared, deliberation on planning began. Furthermore, Great Depression of 1930s and destructions of Second World War brought about hot debates on what should be done to overcome capitalist cyclic crises and how capitalist planning could be recognized from socialist one. These questions and many other similar ones made Marxian thinkers, among others, to deliberate on planning as an important process of intervention in economy and society with very important good and bad results.Today, Marxian scholars including neo-Marxists and post-Marxists still consider planning, an absolute necessity of the modern society, but few of them believe that planning should be the only regulating system of economy, and must substitute the market. Furthermore, all of them are against capitalism, claiming that this system is not able to carry on the basic choices of any economy, but few of them still believe that a state-owned means of production and central planning would lead to socialist society.Nowadays, post-Marxists, among them regulation theorists, emphasize on regime of regulation instead of ownership system and believe that by establishing a system that embraces private and cooperative sector, state sector and civil sector (non-profitable endeavors) and a banking system, with more responsibility and responsiveness towards the public, a more equalitarian and suitable condition may come about.

Cites

No record.

References

No record.

Cite

APA: Copy

EJLALI, PARVIZ. (2012). MARXIAN PLANNING THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MARXIAN IDEA OF PLANNING. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE PLANNING, 4(11), 93-129. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/157784/en

Vancouver: Copy

EJLALI PARVIZ. MARXIAN PLANNING THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MARXIAN IDEA OF PLANNING. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE PLANNING[Internet]. 2012;4(11):93-129. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/157784/en

IEEE: Copy

PARVIZ EJLALI, “MARXIAN PLANNING THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MARXIAN IDEA OF PLANNING,” SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE PLANNING, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 93–129, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/157784/en

Related Journal Papers