The Collapse of a Single-Party System - The Disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Graeme Gill traces the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to December 1991.

List of contents

1. The administrative party system; 2. The personnel solution; 3. The move to institutional reform; 4. The programme for change; 5. Reform out of control; 6. The lead-up to the congress; 7. The party imploding; 8. The end.

Summary

Graeme Gill traces the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. This is an in-depth analysis of the institutional dynamics of a party under pressure, first published in 1994.

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Gill, Graeme (University of Sydney) Gill, Graeme J. Gill
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521469432
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46943-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 446 g
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet & Po
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education