The End of Soviet Politics: Elections, Legislatures, and the Demise of the Communist Party

ISBN-13: 9780367307202 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 241 str.

Brendan Kiernan

Opis

This book analyses Gorbachev's brand of Soviet socialist democracy and tells the story of his attempt to revive the soviets and, through them, the Soviet Union. It views demokratizatsiia as an attempt to reempower the party leadership politically and economically.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Democratization? -- Power to the Soviets? -- The 1989 Elections -- The Congress of People's Deputies -- Creation of the New Supreme Soviet's Committees -- The Committees at Work -- Development of the Supreme Soviet -- The 1990 Elections -- Politics in the RSFSR CPD -- 'Soviet Politics' and the End of the Soviet Era

O autorze

Brendan Kiernan