05214nam 2200769Ia 450 991081400820332120200520144314.01-134-90303-01-134-90304-91-280-32758-80-203-16068-110.4324/9780203160688 (CKB)111056485515242(EBL)179931(OCoLC)475885871(SSID)ssj0000904674(PQKBManifestationID)11511239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000904674(PQKBWorkID)10939017(PQKB)10493402(SSID)ssj0000249099(PQKBManifestationID)12062709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249099(PQKBWorkID)10222372(PQKB)10846779(MiAaPQ)EBC179931(Au-PeEL)EBL179931(CaPaEBR)ebr10060935(CaONFJC)MIL32758(OCoLC)51023552(PPN)198454287(EXLCZ)9911105648551524219890928d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoviet society under perestroika /David Lane2nd ed.Boston Unwin Hymanc19901 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-46592-5 0-415-07600-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ReformsConclusion: 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 SocietyPerestroika 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 SettingComparative 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 MEDIAMedia 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; IndexThis 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.PerestroikaSoviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Soviet UnionSocial conditions1970-1991Perestroika.306/.0947320947.0854Lane David Stuart128009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814008203321Soviet society under perestroika4013540UNINA