Why the Industrialization of the Bulgarian Economy Failed during the Third Bulgarian State (is Al. Gershenkron Right)? Cover Image

Защо не успя индустриализацията на българската икономика по време на Третата българска държава (прав ли е Ал. Гершенкрон)?
Why the Industrialization of the Bulgarian Economy Failed during the Third Bulgarian State (is Al. Gershenkron Right)?

Author(s): Marco Dimitrov
Subject(s): History, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic history, 19th Century, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: economic history of Bulgaria; industrialization; industrial policy; economic backwardness in history.

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on the industrial development of Bulgaria from the end of the XIX to the middle of the XX century in the context of Alexander Gershenkron's theory of industrialization of economically backward countries and the advantages of this. The main idea of the author is interpreting the industrialization of the Bulgarian economy during the period and the transition from pre-industrial to industrial economy, which is different from the still luxuriously dominant Marxist thesis in historiography. This would give a different perspective on the Bulgarian economic history, but not only.

  • Issue Year: IV/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 104-118
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian