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National and Transnational Transport Policies in Socialist Eastern European States: Interactions between Integration into the CMEA and Rapprochement with Western Europe.

  • Published In: Comparativ: Leipziger Beiträge zur Universalgeschichte und Vergleichenden Gesellschaftsforschung, 2024, v. 34, n. 1/2. P. 118 1 of 3

  • Database: Historical Abstracts with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Müller, Uwe 3 of 3

Abstract

Based on the finding of the overall failure of the introduction of a common transport policy in the EEC before the 1980s, the article deals with the successes and failures of transnational transport policy in socialist Eastern Europe during the Cold War period. It notes similarities and differences in modal split and tensions between various nation-states, the EEC, and CMEA bodies and among experts in networks and international organizations. The bulk of the transportation of goods within the CMEA was conducted by rail, but cross-border railway connections have been rather neglected. The transnational transport policy of the European socialist countries increasingly focused on the establishment of transport links to Western Europe and overseas, with road, sea, and air transport being the main focus, along with the commercial use of transit traffic and participation in non-socialist international organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Comparativ: Leipziger Beiträge zur Universalgeschichte und Vergleichenden Gesellschaftsforschung. 2024/01, Vol. 34, Issue 1/2, p118
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0940-3566
  • DOI:10.26014/j.comp.2024.01-02.06
  • Accession Number:177256220
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