Power and politics in the Soviet Union : the crumbling of an empire
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Power and politics in the Soviet Union : the crumbling of an empire
Macmillan Press, 1992
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Bibliography: p. 154-157
Includes index
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Description
This work analyzes the nature of power in the USSR and its evolution since the Bolshevik Revolution. The main thrust of the book, however, is in tracing the fragmentation of power since Gorbachev introduced his reforms and examining the changes in the power structure of the former Soviet Union which have occurred as a result of perestroika. The attempted coup of August 1991 is seen in the context of the assertion of power by institutions such as the parliament and especially by the Soviet society. The present study scrutinizes the political processes which led to the coup and the reasons for its failure and presents diversified views of Soviet political scientists and analysts - a new phenomenon in the former USSR.
Table of Contents
- Political power and Soviet society
- transformation of power in the USSR
- the ruler, the party and the bureaucracy - traditional sources of power in the USSR
- the military and the KGB
- the government and the parliament
- republics and nationalities
- Soviet society - people's power?
- three days that shook the world
- whither the Soviet Union?
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