Vladimir Shlapentokh

A Normal Totalitarian Society (eBook, ePUB)

How the Soviet Union Functioned and How It Collapsed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study analyzes the ordinary functioning of the Soviet system from Stalin's death through the Soviet collapse and Russia's first post-Soviet decade. Without overlooking the USSR's repressive character, the author treats it as a "normal" system that employed socialist and nationalist ideologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315482712
• Artikelnr.: 48799382

Autorenporträt

Vladimir Shlapentokh

Inhaltsangabe

1: Theoretical Concepts
2: Two Components of Soviet Ideology
3: Adjusting the Revolutionary Ideology to Totalitarian Goals
4: World Revolution As a Geopolitical Instrument
5: Open and Closed Ideologies
6: Policy Toward Key Social Groups Workers and Creative Intelligentsia
7: The Political System The Supreme Leader As the Major Institution
8: An Effective Political Machine
9: The Economy Organic Flaws and Achievements
10: Public Opinion Acceptance of the Regime
11: The Regime and the Empire A Complex Relationship
12: Reforms Alternatives in History
13: Reforming the System, Destroying Its Fundamentals
14: Consequences
Conclusion