| Revolution From Above: The Demise of the Soviet System Contributor(s): Kotz, David (Author), Weir, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415143179 ISBN-13: 9780415143172 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: This book gives a new interpretation of the disintegration of the USSR. It challenges the widespread belief that the demise of the old regime was caused by the collapse of the Soviet economy, accompanied by public demand that socialism should be abandoned. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | International Relations - General - History |
| Dewey: 338.947 |
| LCCN: 96007570 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.08" W x 9.15" (0.92 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Controversially this book argues that the ruling party-state elite in the USSR itself moved to dismantle the old system. Topics discussed include: * the beginnings of economic decline in 1975 * Gorbachev's efforts to democratize and decentralize * the complex political battle through which the coalition favouring capitalism took power * the flaws in economic policies intended to rapidly build capitalism * the surprising resurgence of Communism. Research includes interviews with over 50 former Soviet government and Communist party leaders, policy advisors, new private businessmen, trade union leaders and intellectuals. |