The Glasnost Papers: Voices on Reform from Moscow

ISBN-13: 9780367308025 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 359 str.

Andrei Melville; Gail W. Lapidus

Opis

This book presents all facets of the debate, drawing on articles and letters extracted from dozens of major Soviet periodicals on the Soviet Union concerning the past, present, and future of the country and its people expressed in the public debates unleashed by glasnost.

Spis treści

A Personal Introduction -- Overview—The Role of Glasnost in Gorbachev's Reform Strategy -- The Anatomy of Glasnost -- Debates over History: We Want to Know the Truth About Our Past -- The Church and Religion in Soviet Society -- The Debate over Justice and Individual Rights -- An Economy at the Crossroads -- Nationality Relations in the Age of Glasnost -- What Is New About New Political Thinking? -- We and the Outside World -- Conclusion