Research Catalog

Title

Ideology and the collapse of the Soviet system : a critical history of Soviet ideological discourse / Neil Robinson.

Author

Robinson, Neil, 1964-

Publication

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : E. Elgar, ©1995.

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Details

Description

x, 227 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

This innovative book offers a critical history of the development of Soviet ideology, discussing its centrality to Soviet politics and the destructive effect that it had on the Gorbachev reforms.

Series Statement

Studies of communism in transition

Uniform Title

Studies of communism in transition

Subject

• 1985-1991
• Communism > Soviet Union > History
• Ideology > Soviet Union
• Communism
• Ideology
• Politics and government
• Auflösung
• Geschichte
• Ideologie
• Marxismus-Leninismus
• Perestroika
• Politischer Wandel
• Zusammenbruch
• Staatssozialismus
• Ideologie
• Ideology > Political aspects > Soviet Union
• Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991
• Soviet Union
• Sowjetunion

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index.

Contents

1. Bringing Ideology Back In: Ideology and the Party in the Soviet Model of Politics -- 2. The Origins of Soviet Ideology and the Power of the Party -- 3. Ideology After Stalin: Khrushchev, Brezhnev and the Revival of Communist Construction -- 4. Breaking the Ice: From Uskorenie to Perestroika. Gorbachevism, 1985-87 -- 5. The Second Phase of Perestroika: 'Socialist Pluralism of Opinions', the 'Socialist Law-based State', 'Socialist Choice' and the Party -- 6. The End of the Soviet Model of Politics: The Failure of the Party and the Collapse of Party Hegemony -- 7. Conclusion: Ideology and the Collapse of the Soviet System.

ISBN

• 1858981670
• 9781858981673

LCCN

94048418

OCLC

• ocm31815070
• 31815070
• SCSB-14693879

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library