Soviet Power and the Countryside: Policy Innovation and Institutional Decay 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Melvin, N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333692527 ISBN-13: 9780333692523 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | World - Russian & Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: 307.720 |
LCCN: 2003045691 |
Series: St. Antony's Series |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.66" W x 8.78" (1.03 lbs) 279 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Drawing upon extensive archival and other original sources, Soviet Power and the Countryside offers a new approach to understanding the political dynamics that led to the collapse of the Soviet order. A detailed analysis of the design, implementation and collapse of Soviet policy toward the countryside is used to explore the implications of a broadening of participation in the policy process from the 1960s. Neil J. Melvin argues that the new knowledge about rural society created as a result of this process provided the basis for a fundamental change in the nature of power relations in the Soviet order, leading to the decay and eventual collapse of policy making institutions. |