Soviet Politics

Author : Richard Sakwa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134909964

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Soviet Politics by Richard Sakwa Pdf

Soviet Politics in Perspective is a new edition of Richard Sakwas successful textbook Soviet Politics: an introduction. Thoroughly revised and updated it builds on the previous editions comprehensive and accessible exploration of the Soviet system, from its rise in 1919 to its collapse in 1991. The book is divided into five parts, which focus on key aspects of Soviet politics. They are: * historical perspectives, beginning with the Tsarist regime on the eve of Revolution, the rise and development of Stalinism, through to the decline of the regime under Brezhnev and his successors and Gorbachev's attempts to revive the system * institutions of Government, such as the Communist Party, security apparatus, the military, the justice system, local government and participation * theoretical approaches to Soviet politics, including class and gender politics, the role of ideology and the shift from dissent to pluralism * key policy areas: the command economy and reform; nationality politics; and foreign and defence policy * an evaluation of Soviet rule, and reasons for its collapse. Providing key texts and bibliographies, this book offers the complete history and politics of the Soviet period in a single volume. It will be indispensable to students of Soviet and post-Soviet politics as well as the interested general reader.

Author : Julie Makarychev, Andrey Umland, Andreas Fedor
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783838214665

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Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society by Julie Makarychev, Andrey Umland, Andreas Fedor Pdf

Special Sections: Russian Foreign Policy Towards the “Near Abroad” and Russia's Annexiation of Crimea II This special section deals with Russia’s post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called “near abroad,” or the former Soviet states. This is an important and timely topic, as Russia’s policy perspectives have changed dramatically since 2013/2014, as have those of its neighbors. The Kremlin today is paradoxically following an aggressive “realist” agenda that seeks to clearly delineate its sphere of influence in Europe and Eurasia while simultaneously attempting to promote “soft-power” and a historical-civilizational justification for its recent actions in Ukraine (and elsewhere). The result is an often perplexing amalgam of policy positions that are difficult to disentangle. The contributors to this special issue are all regional specialists based either in Europe or the United States.

Author : Barnett Rubin,Jack Snyder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134697588

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Post-Soviet Political Order by Barnett Rubin,Jack Snyder Pdf

Post-Soviet Political Order asks what is shaping the institutional pattern of the post-Soviet political order, what the new order will be like, what patterns of conflict are emerging, and what can be done about stabilising the region. In considering these questions the contributors converge on four common themes: * the institutional legacy of empire * the social processes unleashed by imperial collapse * patterns of bargaining within and between states to resolve conflicts arising out of the imperial collapse * the impact of the wider international setting on the pattern of post-imperial politics Focusing on the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, the contributors show how strong state institutions are essential if conflict and political instability are to be avoided.

Author : Graeme Gill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139501224

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Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics by Graeme Gill Pdf

Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, and urban redevelopment, and on ritual in the political system. He shows how this symbolism and ritual were worked into a dominant metanarrative which underpinned Soviet political development. Gill also shows how, in each of these spheres, the images changed both over the life of the regime and during particular stages: the Leninist era metanarrative differed from that of the Stalin period, which differed from that of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, which was, in turn, changed significantly under Gorbachev. In charting this development, the book lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall.

Author : Alex Pravda,Stephen White
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333434498

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Ideology and Soviet Politics by Alex Pravda,Stephen White Pdf

The official ideology of Marxism-Leninism is central to Soviet politics and yet its development in recent years has received very little scholarly attention. In this book a group of leading specialists drawn from both sides of the Atlantic advance decisively upon all earlier discussions of this subject to provide both an authoritative and detailed picture of the development of official ideology from the early years up to Gorbachev's 1986 Party Programme, as well as a consideration of the changing role of ideology in Soviet foreign and domestic policy-making. The book will be required reading for all students of Soviet and communist politics; it should also be of interest to a wider non-specialist audience.

Author : Eugene Huskey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315486567

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Executive Power and Soviet Politics by Eugene Huskey Pdf

Ever since the behavioral revolution reached Communist studies more than 2 decades ago, Western scholarship has tended to ignore the powerful and unwieldy institutional structure of the Soviet government. Today, suddenly, it is clear that the dramatic political and legislative reforms of the Gorbachev years will remain incomplete as long as the issues of state bureaucratic power and executive prerogative are unresolved. This volume, brings together original studies of the Soviet executive under Gorbachev by specialists including Barbara Chotiner, Stephen Fortescue, Brnda Horrigan, Ellen Jones, Wayne Limberg, T.H. Rigby and Louise Shelley. Among the topics covered are the major economic, national security and law enforcement ministries, the presidency, the cabinet and questions of presidential-ministerial, presidential-presidential, legislative-executive and party-state relations.

Author : Gordon B. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000025879812

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Soviet Politics by Gordon B. Smith Pdf

The second edition of a text which contains substantial historical background information and an examination of the Gorbachev regime.

Author : Richard Sakwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015015164851

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Soviet Politics by Richard Sakwa Pdf

The first major new textbook to cover the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev, Sawka's "Soviet Politics" is both a comprehensive academic text and a guide for the inquiring layperson.

Author : Philip G. Roeder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400843817

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Red Sunset by Philip G. Roeder Pdf

Why did the Soviet system fail? How is it that a political order, born of revolution, perished from stagnation? What caused a seemingly stable polity to collapse? Philip Roeder finds the answer to these questions in the Bolshevik "constitution"--the fundamental rules of the Soviet system that evolved from revolutionary times into the post-Stalin era. These rules increasingly prevented the Communist party from responding to the immense social changes that it had itself set in motion: although the Soviet political system initially had vast resources for transforming society, its ability to transform itself became severely limited. In Roeder's view, the problem was not that Soviet leaders did not attempt to change, but that their attempts were so often defeated by institutional resistance to reform. The leaders' successful efforts to stabilize the political system reduced its adaptability, and as the need for reform continued to mount, stability became a fatal flaw. Roeder's analysis of institutional constraints on political behavior represents a striking departure from the biographical approach common to other analyses of Soviet leadership, and provides a strong basis for comparison of the Soviet experience with constitutional transformation in other authoritarian polities.

Author : G. A. Arbatov
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0812922743

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The System by G. A. Arbatov Pdf

Now in trade paperback, a revealing portrait of life inside the Soviet political system from longtime Kremlin insider Arbatov. The System is a remarkable account of the intrigues of Soviet political life, from Stalin's bitter legacy to the power struggles of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev. 8 pages of photos.

Author : Andrew Wilson,Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300095457

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Virtual Politics by Andrew Wilson,Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire Andrew Wilson Pdf

States like Russia and Ukraine may not have gone back to totalitarianism or the traditional authoritarian formula of stuffing the ballot box, cowing the population and imprisoning the opposition - or not obviously. But a whole industry of 'political technology' has developed instead, with shadowy private firms and government 'fixers' on lucrative contracts dedicated to the black arts of organizing electoral success. This book uncovers the sophisticated techniques of the 'virtual' political system used to legitimize post-Soviet regimes; entire fake parties, phantom political rivals and 'scarecrow' opponents. And it exposes the paramount role of the mass media in projecting these creations and in falsifying the entire political process. Wilson argues that it is not primarily economic problems that have made it so difficult to develop meaningful democracy in the former Soviet world. Although the West also has its 'spin doctors', dirty tricks, and aggressive ad campaigns, it is the unique post-Bolshevik culture of 'political technology' that is the main obstacle to better governance in the region, to real popular participation in public affairs, and to the modernization of the political economy in the longer term.

Author : Stephen White,Alex Pravda,Zvi Gitelman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1990-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349208197

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Developments in Soviet Politics by Stephen White,Alex Pravda,Zvi Gitelman Pdf

Written by a team of leading scholars, this book meets the need for an up-to-date account on the political system and policy progress which is amerging and an analysis of the future prospects of the "Gorbachev revolution".

Author : Stanley Rothman,George W. Breslauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081527546

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Soviet Politics and Society by Stanley Rothman,George W. Breslauer Pdf

Author : Alex Pravda,Stephen White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1988-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349193356

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Ideology and Soviet Politics by Alex Pravda,Stephen White Pdf

The official ideology of Marxism-Leninism is central to Soviet politics and yet its development in recent years has received very little scholarly attention. In this book a group of leading specialists drawn from both sides of the Atlantic advance decisively upon all earlier discussions of this subject to provide both an authoritative and detailed picture of the development of official ideology from the early years up to Gorbachev's 1986 Party Programme, as well as a consideration of the changing role of ideology in Soviet foreign and domestic policy-making. The book will be required reading for all students of Soviet and communist politics; it should also be of interest to a wider non-specialist audience.

Author : Mary McAuley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0198780664

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Soviet Politics 1917-1991 by Mary McAuley Pdf

In the space of mere months in 1991, the Soviet Union saw an attempted coup fail, Gorbachev leave office, the Baltic states acquire independence, Leningrad vote to rename itself St Petersburg, the Communist Party disband, and the Russian flag fly over the Kremlin. One of the world's great powers--a country of some 200 nationalities stretching across a dozen time zones--had simply disintegrated, ending an epoch in world history. Now, for the first time, we are able to look back and assess the complete 75 year experiment with communism. Based on extensive research and a first-hand knowledge of the Soviet system, Soviet Politics: 1917-1991 offers an authoritative and lively history of the entire spectrum of Soviet politics, from the October Revolution and the rise of Lenin to the emergence of the Commonwealth of Independent States. McAuley ranges from the Revolution to the unprecedented crash industrialization and social mobility, to dictatorship and mass terror under Stalin, to conservative state control under Krushchev, Kosygin, and Brezhnev, and finally to the swift collapse of the state. The author offers a particularly stimulating analysis of the developments that brought an end to communist party rule and the breakup of the Soviet Union. She describes, for instance, how the 1989 elections undermined the Communist Party's assumption of unqualified popular support (Yeltsin, the bete noire of the Moscow party, was swept in, and Soloviev, a deputy member of the Politburo, who ran unopposed in Leningrad, failed to garner 50% of the vote). She shows how the Congress of that year, televised nationally, revealed to a wrapt nation a Party no longer solidly united behind one stand, where deputies openly criticized the government, the KGB, and the Afghan war. And she paints a striking portrait of Gorbachev trying to reconcile irreconcilable interests, to heal the rift between Democrats and Party conservatives, as the center began to unravel. By the end of 1991, the USSR was gone forever, with momentous and unpredictable consequences not only for the peoples of the former Soviet Union, but for the world as a whole. Soviet Politics helps readers make sense of the developments since 1985, showing how and why the system fell apart. It will interest anyone wanting a full understanding of current world events.