Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics collects together 25 previously out-of-print titles to form an important reference work on the state of politics in the Soviet Union from its beginnings up to Gorbachev. It looks at the Communist Party, local government, the Politburo, the rulers of the Soviet Union and their vying for power, the means of control, local politics, foreign policy and much more besides.
By Amos Yoder
April 12, 2024
Communism in Transition (1993) examines the mainstays of Communist ideology, and goes on to look at the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, and in Eastern Europe. It also analyses Asian and Latin American Communist systems and their challenges to the non-Communist world, and concludes by ...
By Aryeh L. Unger
April 12, 2024
Constitutional Development in the USSR (1981) looks at the political institutions and practices of the Soviet state through the prism of its own constitutional texts. It contains the texts of all four Soviet constitutions, and a chapter of commentary precedes each text. An overall assessment of ...
By L.G. Churchward
April 12, 2024
Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism. It presents an analysis of the Soviet political system since the death of Stalin, and places considerable emphasis on the role of state, as distinct from ...
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By R.F. Miller, J.H. Miller, T.H. Rigby
April 12, 2024
Gorbachev at the Helm (1987) analyses the policy decisions taken at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February–March 1986, declared at the time by the Soviet government as a major turning point in Soviet history. It considers the importance of the changes for a number ...
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By George E. Wukelic
April 12, 2024
Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research (1968) provides a comprehensive and authoritative English language summary of Soviet space-science research of the 1960s....
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By Nina T. Nechaeva
April 12, 2024
Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union’s attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers. Prominent Soviet scientists show that by making use of ecological resources alone – particularly moisture ...
By Cameron Ross
April 12, 2024
Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union’s limited success in improving local government between in the 1960s to 1980s, as the country made a drive toward centralized policy control. It examines the institutional framework and changes in crucial policy areas, and argues...
By Various Authors
April 12, 2024
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics collects together 25 previously out-of-print titles to form an important reference work on the state of politics in the Soviet Union from its beginnings up to Gorbachev. It looks at the Communist Party, local government, the Politburo, the rulers of the ...
By Stephen White
April 12, 2024
Soviet Communism (1989) contains the full text of the 1986 new and significantly revised foundational documents of Soviet Communism, the Programme and Party Rules – changes agreed following Mikhail Gorbachev’s call for the radical and democratic reform of the Party and of the Soviet political ...
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By Everett M. Jacobs
April 12, 2024
Soviet Local Politics and Government (1983) examines the local government system of the Soviet Union, an important part of the great bureaucracy that ran the country. The leading experts contributing to this book look at the wide range of duties that the local soviets managed, including supervision...
By Jacob Miller
April 12, 2024
Soviet Russia (1955) discusses the origins and growth of Russian industry, in particular the emergence of a large modern working class and administrative class since the war, how the factories and farms are run, the wage systems, and the plans. The development of farming is described, especially ...
By L.G. Churchward
April 12, 2024
Soviet Socialism (1987) is based on the author’s specialized knowledge of many aspects of Soviet politics, including local government, the Communist Party and the Soviet intelligentsia. Written originally after the death of Brezhnev, in the Andropov-Chernenko interregnum, the essays were revised to...