<p>An overview of the basic social structures and institutions of Soviet society. The book looks at the perspective of Soviet society as the context for Soviet politics. Selected readings from various Soviet documents are included at the end of each part of the book. The book concentrates on the changes which have taken place in the USSR under the leadership of Gorbachev. It attempts to give the reader an introduction to the problems confronting the reform leadership and the ways that they are being addressed. The narrative is informed by current thinking in sociology and political science. It is hoped that the book will appeal to teachers and students alike who are concerned with comparative politics, and political sociology as well as those studying Soviet politics and society</p>

Soviet society under perestroika

Politics & Social Sciences

Lane, David

Anthropology

Unwin Hyman, Inc.

<p>During World War II, German forces invading the Soviet city of Smolensk captured Party headquarters before local officials could destroy their archives. The collection of official documents thus obtained were eventually given to the American government at the end of the war, and were subsequently made available to scholars for analysis. Merle Fainsod (1907-1972) was one such scholar who used the evidence in order to understand how the early system of Soviet totalitarianism worked. This volume contains his political and historical analysis of the Smolensk region in the 1920s and 1930s.</p>

Smolensk Under Soviet Rule (Classics in Russian and Soviet History)

History

Fainsod, Merle

Americas

Glasnost in Action: Cultural Renaissance in Russia

Nove, Alec.

Russia

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