| Soviet Power and the Countryside: Policy Innovation and Institutional Decay 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Melvin, N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 134940151X ISBN-13: 9781349401512 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - 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 |
| Series: St. Antony's Series |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.68 lbs) 279 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| 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. |
