Controversially this book argues that the ruling party-state elite in the USSR itself moved to dismantle the old system. Topics discussed include:
* the beginnings of economic decline in 1975
* Gorbachev's efforts to democratize and decentralize
* the complex political battle through which the coalition favouring capitalism took power
* the flaws in economic policies intended to rapidly build capitalism
* the surprising resurgence of Communism.
Research includes interviews with over 50 former Soviet government and Communist party leaders, policy advisors, new private businessmen, trade union leaders and intellectuals.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780415143165
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-415-14316-5
- Verlag: Routledge
- Erscheinungstermin: 02.01.1997
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1997
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 646 g
- Seiten: 320
- Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 22 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt