Understanding Soviet Society

Author : Michael Paul Sacks,Jerry G. Pankhurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136031762

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First Published in 1988. Understanding Soviet Society has grown out of the authors’ experience as sociologists researching and teaching about the Soviet Union. Meant initially as an update to ‘Contemporary Soviet Society: Sociological Perspectives’ from 1980, this became a new volume because of the addition of six new authors, but also because of the major changes occurring in the USSR today that in many ways necessitated new approaches. It examines the fundamnetal institutions of Soviet society- from work and social welfare to politics and the Party- in order order to provide an objective understanding of the social underpinnigs of the Soviet System.

Author : Robert Strayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315503967

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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 : Michael Paul Sacks,Jerry G. Pankhurst
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0044450362

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Author : Alexander Dallin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0742567559

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The Uses of History by Alexander Dallin Pdf

Exploring Soviet and Russian history and politics, The Uses of History brings together the classic essays of renowned scholar Alexander Dallin. The author provides insightful analysis and nuanced interpretations of such key--and controversial--issues as the domestic sources of Soviet foreign policy, Stalin's leadership in World War II, U.S.-Russian relations in the Reagan era, the causes of USSR's collapse, and the disappointments of Russia's post-Soviet evolution. Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institutions, and individual leadership. All readers interested in Soviet and post-Soviet history will find this collection a stimulating and deeply knowledgeable resource.

Author : John Alexander Armstrong
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0819154059

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Ideology, Politics, and Government in the Soviet Union by John Alexander Armstrong Pdf

Using a social science approach, the author presents the historical and ideological foundations of today's Soviet political system and provides a concise but thorough exposition of the Soviet political and legal institutions, including the role of the Communist Party. This fourth edition also addresses economic issues, nationality problems and the interplay of domestic and international forces in Soviet foreign policy. Originally published in 1962 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc.

Author : I︠U︡riĭ Aleksandrovich Poli︠a︡kov,Vitaliĭ Semenovich Lelʹchuk,Anatoliĭ Sergeevich Protopopov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UCAL:B4449295

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A Short History of Soviet Society by I︠U︡riĭ Aleksandrovich Poli︠a︡kov,Vitaliĭ Semenovich Lelʹchuk,Anatoliĭ Sergeevich Protopopov Pdf

Author : E. Shiraev,Eero Carroll
Publisher : Springer
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230616943

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The Soviet Union by E. Shiraev,Eero Carroll Pdf

The book analyzes Soviet society as a 'hard reality', emphasizes the varying perceptions of it in the Soviet Union and the US, and insists that, while glorifications of the Soviet reality have been useful, the most accurate descriptions of this reality were critical.

Author : Vladimir Shlapentokh
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1563244713

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A Normal Totalitarian Society by Vladimir Shlapentokh Pdf

This study analyzes the ordinary functioning of the Soviet system from Stalin's death through the Soviet collapse and Russia's first post-Soviet decade. Without overlooking the USSR's repressive character, the author treats it as a "normal" system that employed socialist and nationalist ideologies.

Author : Sheila Fitzpatrick,Alexander Rabinowitch,Richard Stites
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 025320657X

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Russia in the Era of NEP by Sheila Fitzpatrick,Alexander Rabinowitch,Richard Stites Pdf

" . . . a comprehensive look at an enigmatic era . . . " —Choice "This provocative collection of essays certainly takes some of the polish off Soviet socialism's golden age." —Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The authors and editors of this splendid volume deserve great praise. Their work moves the field of Soviet history several large steps forward." —Slavic Review Lenin's New Economic Policy of the 1920s, although a relatively free and open potential alternative to Soviet communism, was also a time of extreme tension, as Russian society and culture were rocked by the forces of resistance and change. These essays examine the social and cultural dimensions of NEP in urban and rural Russia in the years before Stalin and rapid industrialization.

Author : Michael Rywkin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315493602

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Soviet Society Today by Michael Rywkin Pdf

A systematic overview of life in the Soviet Union, this book includes chapters on the territorial divisions and ethnic composition of the country; the governmental and party system; Russian and minority cultures; the family; education; health care; sports; military service; classes and social privilege; poverty; prices and wages; the economic system, work, and the standard of living. It concludes with a discussion of the impact of Gorbachev's administration on Soviet society and the outlook for the future.

Author : Robert Strayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Stephen Lovell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199238484

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The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Lovell Pdf

Almost twenty years after the Soviet Union's end, what are we to make of its existence? Was it a heroic experiment, an unmitigated disaster, or a viable if flawed response to the modern world? What was the Soviet Union like? How did it evolve over seven decades? What was the relationship between the regime and the general population? This introduction blends political history with an investigation into the society and culture at the time. The author examines aspects of patriotism, mass culture, political violence, poverty, and ideology; and provides answers to some of the big questions about the Soviet experience.

Author : Vladimir I. Lenin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 1410213005

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The Development of Capitalism in Russia by Vladimir I. Lenin Pdf

CONTENTS The Development of Capitalism in Russia The Theoretical Mistakes of the Narodnik Economists The Differentiation of the Peasantry The Landowners' Transition from Corvée to Capitalist Economy The Growth of Commercial Agriculture The First Stages of Capitalism in Industry Capitalist Manufacture and Capitalist Domestic Industry The Development of Large-Scale Machine Industry The Formation of the Home Market

Author : Alex Inkeles
Publisher : Cambridge : Harvard University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3865322

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Social Change in Soviet Russia by Alex Inkeles Pdf

Collection of 21 essays and research reports by the author reprinted from various sources.

Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0674304438

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The First Socialist Society by Geoffrey A. Hosking Pdf

The First Socialist Society is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens have lived through from 1917 to the present, told with great sympathy and perception. It ranges over the changing lives of peasants, urban workers, and professionals; the interaction of Soviet autocrats with the people; the character and role of religion, law, education, and literature within Soviet society; and the significance and fate of various national groups. As the story unfolds, we come to understand how the ideas of Marxism have been changed, taking on almost unrecognizable forms by unique political and economic circumstances. Hosking's analysis of this vast and complex country begins by asking how it was that the first socialist revolution took place in backward, autocratic Russia. Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power and hold on to it? The core of the book lies in the years of Stalin's rule: how did he exercise such unlimited power, and how did the various strata of society survive and come to terms with his tyranny? The later chapters recount Khrushchev's efforts to reform the worst features of Stalinism, and the unpredictable effects of his attempts within the East European satellite countries, bringing out elements of socialism that had been obscured or overlaid in the Soviet Union itself. And in the aftermath of the long Brezhnev years of stagnation and corruption, the question is posed: can Soviet society find a way to modify the rigidities inherited from the Stalinist past?