Leadership change in Communist states

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Leadership change in Communist states

edited by Raymond Taras

Unwin Hyman, 1989

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Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Political competition in Communist elites / Raymond Taras
  • From Brezhnev to Gorbachev / George W. Breslauer
  • Institutions, factions, conservatism and leadership change in China / David Bachman
  • Origins of leadership change in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam / Douglas Pike
  • Leadership changes, factionalism, and organizational politics in Cuba since 1960 / Jorge I Dominguez
  • Factional activity in East European Communist parties / Raymond Taras
  • Conclusion / Alfred G. Meyer

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Examining elite struggles within ruling communist parties, this collection of writings includes studies of leadership change within the communist parties of the USSR, China, Vietnam, Cuba and Eastern Europe.

Table of Contents

  • Political competition in communist elites - a historiographical introduction, Raymond Taras
  • from Brezhnev to Gorbachev - ends and means of Soviet leadership selection, George W.Breslauer
  • institutions, factions, conservatism and leadership change in China - the case of Hu Yaobang, David Bachman
  • origins of leadership change in the socialist republic of Vietnam, Douglas Pike
  • leadership changes, factionalism and organizational politics in Cuba since 1960, Jorge I.Dominguez
  • factional activity in East European Communist parties - crisis management and leadership change, Raymond Taras
  • conclusion, Alfred G.Meyer.

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