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Power and Politics in the Soviet Union

The Crumbling of an Empire

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Leo Cooper

    1. Centre of Soviet and East European Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Political Power and Soviet Society

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 1-17

  3. Transformation of Power in the USSR

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 18-33

  4. The Ruler, the Party and the Bureaucracy: traditional sources of power in the USSR

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 34-53

  5. The Military and the KGB

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 54-71

  6. The Government and the Parliament

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 72-87

  7. Republics and Nationalities

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 88-106

  8. Soviet Society — People’s Power?

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 107-122

  9. Three Days that Shook the World

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 123-146

  10. Whither the Soviet Union?

    • Leo Cooper
    Pages 147-153

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 154-160
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Analyzes the nature of power in the USSR and its evolution since the Bolshevik Revolution. The main thrust of this work, however, is in tracing the fragmentation of power since Gorbachev introduced his reforms and examining the changes in the power structure as a result of perestroika.

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  • Centre of Soviet and East European Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

    Leo Cooper

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