1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454933103321

Autore

Lane David Stuart

Titolo

Soviet society under perestroika / / David Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-90304-9

1-280-32758-8

0-203-16068-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Disciplina

306/.0947

320

947.0854

Soggetti

Perestroĭka

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Soviet Union Social conditions 1970-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables page; List of Figures; Preface; CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF SOVIET SOCIETY; The Image of the Soviet Union: Benign; The Image of the Soviet Union: Malevolent; From Khrushchev to Gorbachev: The Changing Nature of Soviet Politics; Contradictions Under Socialism; Perestroika: Gorbachev's Reform Strategy; Instability and Political Control; KHOZRASCHET: MANAGING THE ECONOMY; The Soviet Planned Economy before Perestroika: An Overview; Repercussions of the Soviet System of Planned Economy; The Economy and Political Reform; The Effects of the Reforms

Conclusion: After the Coup of August 1991Appendix: Gorbachev's Ministries and State Committees (1991); DEMOKRATIZATSIYA: FROM PARTOCRACY TO PRESIDENCY; Representative Institutions: The Soviets; Reform of the Soviets Prior to the Coup; The Electoral Process; The Communist Party; The Presidency of the USSR; The Coup of August 1991 and its Repercussions; Summary of Changes; Readings: Eltsin's Election Platform (21 March 1989); CPSU Programme Statement, July 1990; PLYURALIZM: TOWARD CIVIL SOCIETY?; Soviet Collectivism and



Dissent; Perestroika and Civil Society

Perestroika and the Limits of Socialist PluralismContinuity, Change and Instability; Reading: Manifesto by Nina Andreeva, ~I Cannot Forego Principles~; Selected Bibliography for Part One; THE CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Class Structure; The Traditional Soviet Conception of Classes: Consensus; The Evolution of Soviet Classes; Distributional and Relational Inequalities; The Rise of an Independent Workers' Movement; Conclusion: Perestroika and the Social Structure; NATIONALITIES AND ETHNIC RELATIONS; The National and Ethnic Complexion of the Population; The Administrative Setting

Comparative Levels of Development in the RepublicsNational Identity and Consciousness; Perestroika and the National Problem; From Glasnost' to Disintegration; Readings: Declarations of Sovereignty or Independence; The Charter of the Estonian People's Front (1988); Treaty on the Union of Sovereign States, July 1991; REPRODUCING SOCIETY: GENDER, FAMILY, AND GENERATIONS; Generations; Selected Bibliography for Part Two; FORMING THE SOVIET PERSON: EDUCATION, SOCIALIST RITUAL, AND TRADITION; Values and Norms; The Educational System; Ritual and Ceremony; GLASNOST': THE MASS MEDIA

Media and CommunicationThe Organization of the Soviet Media; Changes in the Media Under Perestroika; Conclusions; THE STATE OF WELFARE: PENSIONS AND THE AGED, HOUSING, AND HEALTH; Soviet Welfare Provision; Selected Bibliography for Part Three; PERESTROIKA: NEW BEGINNINGS; Becoming Modern; The Social Forces for and against Perestroika; Whither Perestroika?; Appendix: Constitution of the USSR, as Amended in December 1990; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388082603316

Autore

Gifford George <1547 or 8-1600.>

Titolo

Tvvo sermons vpon 1. Peter 5. vers .8. and 9 [[electronic resource] ] : Wherein is shewed that the diuell is to be resisted only by a stedfast faith, how soeuer he commeth either against soule or body: and that whosoeuer hath once attained the true and liuelie faith, it can neuer be vtterly lost, but he is sure to get the victorie. By M. George Giffard, Preacher of the worde of God at Mauldon in Essex

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1597

Descrizione fisica

[88] p

Soggetti

Sermons, 16th century

Devil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signatures: B⁴ C-G.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385291203316

Autore

Cawdrey Daniel <1588-1664.>

Titolo

Independencie a great schism [[electronic resource] ] : proved against Dr. Owen, his apology in his tract of schism : as also an appendix to the former discourse, shewing the inconstancy of the Dr. and the inconsistency of his former and present opinions / / by D. Cawdrey .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.S. for John Wright ..., 1657

Descrizione fisica

[3], 229 [i.e. 249], [1] p

Soggetti

Schism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. [1] at end.

Reproduction of original in British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018