William J. Tompson

The Soviet Union under Brezhnev (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The approach is thematic rather than chronological, with part one examining politics and policy under Brezhnev, including chapters on leadership politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy; and part two looking at the economy and society, with chapters on economic performance, demographic and social change, and culture. An introductory section contextualises the treatment by considering the Soviet Union that Brezhnev inherited from Khruschev, while Brezhnev's legacy to his successors is examined in the concluding section.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317881728
• Artikelnr.: 41327286

Autorenporträt

William Tompson is Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements IX Chronology XI PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1. THE SOVIET
UNION AT THE END OF THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA 3 The Fall of Nikita Khrushchev 3
The New Leaders 5 Soviet Society a Decade After Stalin's Death 8 The Soviet
Union and the World in 1964 9 PART TWO: ANALYSIS 13 2. LEADERSHIP POLITICS
15 High Politics and Brezhnev's Consolidation of Power 15 Brezhnev as
Politician: Mannequin or 1;lachiavellian? 17 'Two Brezhnevs'? 20 The Soviet
Elite in the Brezhnev Era 22 3. POLICY-MAKING IN THE BREZHNEV ERA 26
Brezhnev as Policy-maker: From Consensus to Stagnation? 26 The Role of the
Politburo and Secretariat 28 Taking Advice: Information, Institutions and
Expertise 30 Policy-making in Practice: The Case of Arms Control 33 4.
FOREIGN POLICY FROM CUBA TO HELSINKI 35 The Defence Build-up of the 1960s
35 Managing. the Bloc 36 War in Vietnam and US-Soviet Relations 39 The Road
to Superpower Detente 40 China 42 The Soviet Union and the Developing World
43 The Era of High Detente 47 5. FROM HELSINKI TO THE SECOND COLD WAR 50
Arms Control and Trade 50 Detente Under Strain 52 China 55 VI Contents
Afghanistan 56 Poland 58 Conflicting Expectations and the Failure of
Detente 59 After Detente 61 6. ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER BREZHNEV AND KOSYGIN
64 Soviet Industry Under the Kosygin Reforms and After 64 The Limits of
Reform 67 Soviet Agriculture in the Brezhnev Era 69 Blind Spots in Economic
Policy and the 'Obsession with Growth' 72 7. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 75 Growth
Performance Under Brezhnev and Kosygin 75 The Failure of the Centrally
Planned Economy 78 Detente, Foreign Trade and the 'Scientific and Technical
Revolution' 82 Living Standards and Household Welfare 83 8. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 86 Urbanisation and Education 86 The 'Social
Contract' Under Strain 88 Emerging Demographic Problems 91 Nationalities
Policy Under Brezhnev 93 9. CULTURE AND IDEAS 98 Culture High and Low 99
The Crackdown on Dissent 103 The Changing Nature of Dissidence 105 Growing
Room for 'Permitted Heterodoxy' 107 PART THREE: ASSESSMENT 109 10.
BREZHNEV'S LEGACY TO GORBACHEV 111 Brezhnev's Twilight 111 The Andropov
Interregnum 113 The Chernenko Interlude 115 State and Society at the End of
the Brezhnev Era 117 PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS 119 Glossary 147 Who's Who 150
Guide to Further Reading 153 Bibliography 158 Index