Socialist Volkswagen. Trabant, Lad, and Dacia in the Cold War

The automobilization of Socialist countries serves as a lesson in the East-West conflict. It reflects the competition for a more efficient social order. It also shows how the Socialist states tried to follow the capitalist model of consumption in order to maintain their legitimacy. Because the mass...

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Published in:Osteuropa (Stuttgart) 2009-10, Vol.59 (10), p.167-183
Main Author: Gatejel, Luminita
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Cold War
Conflict
Consumption
International Cooperation
Socialist Societies
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Summary:The automobilization of Socialist countries serves as a lesson in the East-West conflict. It reflects the competition for a more efficient social order. It also shows how the Socialist states tried to follow the capitalist model of consumption in order to maintain their legitimacy. Because the mass production of automobiles in Romania and the Soviet Union was made possible only by the acquisition of Western licences, the automobilization of the East is also an example of cooperation despite the Iron Curtain. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0030-6428