This is an up-to-the-minute revised edition of a text which, since its publication in 1990, has been extremely influential. The great changes of the past 18 months have entailed a comprehensive updating of the book. This edition takes account of new developments that include the independence of the Baltic states and the treaty which sparked 1991's attempted coup.
Author(s): David Lane
Edition: Rev Sub
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 464
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Tables page......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF SOVIET SOCIETY......Page 18
The Image of the Soviet Union: Benign......Page 19
The Image of the Soviet Union: Malevolent......Page 20
From Khrushchev to Gorbachev: The Changing Nature of Soviet Politics......Page 23
Contradictions Under Socialism......Page 27
Perestroika: Gorbachev's Reform Strategy......Page 30
Instability and Political Control......Page 34
KHOZRASCHET: MANAGING THE ECONOMY......Page 40
The Soviet Planned Economy before Perestroika: An Overview......Page 44
Repercussions of the Soviet System of Planned Economy......Page 49
The Economy and Political Reform......Page 52
The Effects of the Reforms......Page 66
Conclusion: After the Coup of August 1991......Page 70
Appendix: Gorbachev's Ministries and State Committees (1991)......Page 72
DEMOKRATIZATSIYA: FROM PARTOCRACY TO PRESIDENCY......Page 74
Representative Institutions: The Soviets......Page 76
Reform of the Soviets Prior to the Coup......Page 78
The Electoral Process......Page 81
The Communist Party......Page 90
The Presidency of the USSR......Page 100
The Coup of August 1991 and its Repercussions......Page 105
Summary of Changes......Page 108
Readings: Eltsin's Election Platform (21 March 1989)......Page 109
CPSU Programme Statement, July 1990......Page 111
PLYURALIZM: TOWARD CIVIL SOCIETY?......Page 124
Soviet Collectivism and Dissent......Page 125
Perestroika and Civil Society......Page 128
Perestroika and the Limits of Socialist Pluralism......Page 134
Continuity, Change and Instability......Page 145
Reading: Manifesto by Nina Andreeva, ~I Cannot Forego Principles~......Page 149
Selected Bibliography for Part One......Page 158
THE CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE......Page 164
Class Structure......Page 165
The Traditional Soviet Conception of Classes: Consensus......Page 166
The Evolution of Soviet Classes......Page 167
Distributional and Relational Inequalities......Page 183
The Rise of an Independent Workers' Movement......Page 198
Conclusion: Perestroika and the Social Structure......Page 199
NATIONALITIES AND ETHNIC RELATIONS......Page 202
The National and Ethnic Complexion of the Population......Page 205
The Administrative Setting......Page 206
Comparative Levels of Development in the Republics......Page 210
National Identity and Consciousness......Page 219
Perestroika and the National Problem......Page 226
From Glasnost' to Disintegration......Page 239
Readings: Declarations of Sovereignty or Independence......Page 246
The Charter of the Estonian People's Front (1988)......Page 249
Treaty on the Union of Sovereign States, July 1991......Page 256
REPRODUCING SOCIETY: GENDER, FAMILY, AND GENERATIONS......Page 268
Generations......Page 286
Selected Bibliography for Part Two......Page 299
FORMING THE SOVIET PERSON: EDUCATION, SOCIALIST RITUAL, AND TRADITION......Page 306
Values and Norms......Page 307
The Educational System......Page 308
Ritual and Ceremony......Page 320
GLASNOST': THE MASS MEDIA......Page 332
Media and Communication......Page 333
The Organization of the Soviet Media......Page 334
Changes in the Media Under Perestroika......Page 341
Conclusions......Page 350
THE STATE OF WELFARE: PENSIONS AND THE AGED, HOUSING, AND HEALTH......Page 352
Soviet Welfare Provision......Page 354
Selected Bibliography for Part Three......Page 356
PERESTROIKA: NEW BEGINNINGS......Page 392
Becoming Modern......Page 396
The Social Forces for and against Perestroika......Page 398
Whither Perestroika?......Page 405
Appendix: Constitution of the USSR, as Amended in December 1990......Page 410
About the Author......Page 450
Index......Page 451
