Internationalism and the Ideology of Soviet Influence in Eastern Europ

Klappentext Jonathan Valdez explores the role of ideology in the maintenance and subsequent collapse of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung Jonathan Valdez explores the role of ideology in the maintenance and subsequent collapse of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. He looks at how Marxism-Leninism was used to legitimise Soviet influence in Eastern Europe! to rationalise policy decisions! to communicate Soviet intent and policy desires to East European elites! and to explain change in socialist systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the problem of ideology; 1. Ideology and the ideologists; 2. The ideological basis; 3. Contradictions and internationalism in the 1970s: the Eurocommunist challenge; 4. Socialist internationalism, 1980-9: decline of a concept; 5. Socialism redefined; 6. Ideological debates and Eastern Europe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan C. Valdez, Valdez Jonathan C.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521121323
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12132-3
• Seiten: 232
• Serien: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and; Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations