The road to post-Communism : independent political movements in the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
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The road to post-Communism : independent political movements in the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
Pinter Publishers , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1992
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The "revolution from above" met up with the "revolution from below" with the ousting of Mikhail Gorbachev. This book details the growth of independent political movements on the ground since 1985 to the present day in the former Soviet Union. The authors show how these movements grew and became a real factor in Soviet politics and what role they play in the necessary development of civil society as is known to true democracies. In addition to analyzing these bodies, comparing and contrasting their policies and support, this volume acts as a reference book with factual information on the various groups' aims, programmes, internal structures, principal personalities, constituencies, methods of work, relationships with other groups (including splits, alliances and mergers) and relations with the authorities. The authors present an analysis of the impact of the new political movements on the new institutions and discuss to what extent they have been responsible for the recent unprecedented changes.
Table of Contents
- The beginnings of independent political activity
- the evolution of independent political movements after 1988
- the rebirth of politics in Russia
- the return of St Petersburg
- the Russian labour movement 1989-91 - the mirage of a Russian Solidarnosc
- the rise and fall of the Georgian nationalist movement
- popular movements in Estonia
- triumph and foreboding. Appendix: list of organizations.
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