The Changing Soviet Union

Author : Zdenek Mlynar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429718892

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Can Gorbachev Change The Soviet Union? by Zdenek Mlynar Pdf

This book analyzes the specifically Soviet historical and ideological conditions for a change of the system that could take place without dangerous disruptions. It outlines the possibilities for qualitative changes in the Soviet system and the limits to Gorbachev's reforms.

Author : Peter Dobell
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1550283294

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The Changing Soviet Union by Peter Dobell Pdf

Published in 1991 in the midst of epoch-making historic changes, this book offers an immediate, vital response to the collapse of the Soviet bloc. The Changing Soviet Union brings together contributions from 12 of the Soviet Union's leading political analysts, from Canadian experts and authorities from Europe and the U.S. The topics covered include the decline of Soviet power and the need for new security arrangements; the impact of glasnost and democratization; perestroika and the economy; trade and investment prospects; nationalism and human rights; aid from the west; and polar neighbours. The Changing Soviet Union presents informed, often prescient forecasts of imminent changes in relations between nations, trading patterns, defence, and global stability.

Author : Gordon B. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 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 : Robert Strayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315503950

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Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?: Understanding Historical Change by Robert Strayer Pdf

Taking the Soviet collapse - the most cataclysmic event of the recent past - as a case study, this text engages students in the exercise of historical analysis, interpretation and explanation. In exploring the question posed by the title, the author introduces and applies such organizing concepts as great power conflict, imperial decline, revolution, ethnic conflict, colonialism, economic development, totalitarian ideology, and transition to democracy in a most accessible way. Questions and controversies, and extracts from documentary and literary sources, anchor the text at key points. This book is intended for use in history and political science courses on the Soviet Union or more generally on the 20th century.

Author : Andrei Bochkarev,Don L Mansfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000306828

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The United States And The Ussr In A Changing World by Andrei Bochkarev,Don L Mansfield Pdf

As the Cold War draws to a close, new issues inevitably have begun to surface in U.S.-Soviet relations. This reader brings together Soviet and U.S. perspectives on the broad range of challenges that both nations now face. Within the context of a "debate" format that presents parallel U.S. and Soviet views, these timely readings illustrate areas of cooperation and conflict and weigh policy similarities and differences. Topics covered include Soviet-U.S. relations after the Cold War, military and national security debates, and the changing international economic environment. The selections also consider the impact that the evolving Soviet-U.S. interaction is having on the "new" Europe and the developing world. The volume concludes by considering the direction the superpower relationship may take in the future. Students of Soviet and U.S. foreign policy will find this text invaluable in unraveling the complexities of U.S.-Soviet relations.

Author : Alex Inkeles
Publisher : Touchstone Books
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Social change
ISBN : PSU:000030788954

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Social Change in Soviet Russia by Alex Inkeles Pdf

Representing the results of more than twenty years of study by one of this country's foremost experts on the Soviet Union, this collection of twenty-one essays by Alex Inkeles is the first broad sociological survey of Soviet social institutions to be available in English.

Author : Annie Phizacklea,Hilary Pilkington,Shirin Rai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136129964

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Women in the Face of Change by Annie Phizacklea,Hilary Pilkington,Shirin Rai Pdf

The years 1989 and 1990 will probably be best remembered for the speed and breadth of political and economic change which swept through what used to be referred to as the Communist Bloc. With the disintegration of this bloc, there has been no shortage of western advice on how to `democratize' economy and politiy in these societies. However, little thought has been given to what this change means for the millions of women who have toiled for decades alongside men in the factories and fields as well as performing their `womanly mission' in the home. This collection from women in Eastern and Western Europe, and covering both Europe and China, poses many questions about the impact of change. It contributes to the debate that seeks to combat inertia and ethnocentrism within western feminism and also to the separate and the critical `women's voice' which is re-emerging in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China.

Author : Diane P. Koenker,Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1780393806

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Revelations from the Russian Archives by Diane P. Koenker,Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Hendrik Hegemann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349223282

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Ideology and System Change in the USSR and East Europe by Hendrik Hegemann Pdf

These studies cover a range of topics - market reforms, social justice, ecology, nationalism, new political parties and more - that are at the centre of the revolutionary changes under way in the former Soviet bloc. The breadth of this book's subject matter is complemented by the variety of methods and approaches that it features: historical interpretation, linguist analysis, statistical analysis and political sociology. The result is a genuinely inter disciplinary treatment of this important topic.

Author : Francois Heisbourg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349118076

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The Strategic Implications of Change in the Soviet Union by Francois Heisbourg Pdf

This text is a compilation of papers together with a summing-up of the origins and sustainability of change in the Soviet Union and the implications for the super-power dialogue, for East-West strategic and economic relations, for Europe and for the Asia-Pacific.

Author : David A. Dyker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135018900

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The Soviet Union under Gorbachev (Routledge Revivals) by David A. Dyker Pdf

Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of genuine debate in the mid-1980s, raising doubts from Western specialists regarding his radicalism and ability to reform the Soviet economic system in particular. Here, Dyker and his colleagues assess the changes Gorbachev had already made to consolidate his power base, alongside those that he was proposing to make to agriculture, industry and foreign relations at the time of publication. The book speculates about how Gorbachev might implement his proposed political and economic reforms, what opposition he might encounter and how successful he would be. A fascinating insight into Soviet economic and political policy in the years leading up to the Union’s collapse, this work will be of particular importance to students and academics researching the personality of Gorbachev and the political and economic history of the Soviet Union.

Author : Gerhard Wettig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429722769

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Changes In Soviet Policy Towards The West by Gerhard Wettig Pdf

This book is a study on the Soviet foreign policy when the task of renovating the country was placed on the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's (CPSU) political agenda. It discusses Gorbachev's new approach to foreign policy and the political change that reshaped Soviet and European history.

Author : Barrington Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Communism
ISBN : UOM:39015008681564

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Terror and Progress USSR: Some Sources of Change and Stability in the Soviet Dictatorship by Barrington Moore Pdf

Author : Thomas Henry Rigby
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034762638

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The Changing Soviet System by Thomas Henry Rigby Pdf

The Changing Soviet System presents important insights into the origin, development and current crisis in mono-organizational socialism - the system under which all social activities are ultimately controlled by the Communist Party leadership.

Author : Charles Walker,Svetlana Stephenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135701246

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Youth and Social Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union by Charles Walker,Svetlana Stephenson Pdf

Two decades have now passed since the revolutions of 1989 swept through Eastern Europe and precipitated the collapse of state socialism across the region, engendering a period of massive social, economic and political transformation. This book explores the ways in which young people growing up in post-socialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union negotiate a range of identities and transitions in their personal lives against a backdrop of thoroughgoing transformation in their societies. Drawing upon original empirical research in a range of countries, the book's contributors explore the various freedoms and insecurities that have accompanied neo-liberal transformation in post-socialist countries - in spheres as diverse as consumption, migration, political participation, volunteering, employment and family formation - and examine the ways in which they have begun to re-shape different aspects of young people's lives. In addition, while 'social change' is a central theme of the issue, all of the chapters in the collection indicate that the new opportunities and risks faced by young people continue both to underpin and to be shaped by familiar social and spatial divisions, not only within and between the countries addressed, but also between 'East' and 'West'. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Youth Studies.