Khrushchev in the Kremlin : policy and government in the Soviet Union, 1953-1964 / / edited by Jeremy Smith and Melanie Ilic

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.085/2092
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - Soviet Union - History
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985; Soviet Union Economic policy 1959-1965
• Altri autori: IlicMelanie <1962-> SmithJeremy <1964->
• Note generali: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Khrushchev as leader / Ian Thatcher -- The rise of political clans in the era of Nikita Khrushchev : the first phase, 1953-1959 / Nikolai Mitrokhin -- The Central Committee apparatus under Khrushchev / Alexander Titov -- The outer reaches of liberalization : combating political dissent in the Khrushchev era / Robert Hornsby -- Leadership and nationalism in the Soviet republics, 1953-1959 / Jeremy Smith -- Moscow-Kiev relations and the Sovnarkhoz reform / Nataliya Kibita -- Failings of the Sovnarkhoz reform : the Ukrainian experience / Valery Vasiliev -- Khrushchev and the challenge of technological progress / Sari Autio-Sarasmo -- Khrushchevism after Khrushchev : the rise of national interest in the Eastern Bloc / Katalin Miklossy -- The economy of illusions : the phenomenon of data-inflation in the Khrushchev era / Oleg Khlevniuk -- The modernisation of Soviet railways : traction in comparative perspective / John Westwood -- From Khrushchev (1935-6) to Khrushchev (1956-64) : construction policy compared / Bob Davies and Melanie Ilic.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections, the book examines the full complexity of government, including formal and informal political relationships; economic reforms and nationality relations in the national republics of the USSR; the treatment of political dissent; economic progress through technological innovation; relations with the Eastern bloc; corruption and deceit in the economy; and the refo
• Titolo autorizzato: Khrushchev in the Kremlin
• ISBN: 1-136-83181-9; 1-136-83182-7; 1-283-04071-9; 9786613040718; 0-203-83179-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827916503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 73.