Executive Power and Soviet Politics

A collection of original studies of the Soviet executive under Gorbachev. Topics covered include the major ministries, the presidency, the cabinet, and questions of presidential-ministerial, presidential-presidential, legislative-executive, and party-state relations.

List of contents

The State in Imperial Russia and the USSR; 1: The Government in the Soviet Political System; 2: Party-State Relations; 3: Executive-Legislative Relations; 4: The Rise of Presidential Power under Gorbachev; The State and the Economy; 5: The Ministry of Finance; 6: The Industrial Ministries; 7: The Agricultural Ministries; The State and Security; 8: The Ministry of Defense; 9: The Ministry of Internal Affairs; 10: The Administration of Justice: Courts, Procuracy, and Ministry of Justice; The State and The Future; 11: The Rebirth of the Russian State

About the author

Eugene Huskey

Summary

Ever since the behavioral revolution reached Communist studies more than 2 decades ago, Western scholarship has tended to ignore the powerful and unwieldy institutional structure of the Soviet government. Today, suddenly, it is clear that the dramatic political and legislative reforms of the Gorbachev years will remain incomplete as long as the issues of state bureaucratic power and executive prerogative are unresolved. This volume, brings together original studies of the Soviet executive under Gorbachev by specialists including Barbara Chotiner, Stephen Fortescue, Brnda Horrigan, Ellen Jones, Wayne Limberg, T.H. Rigby and Louise Shelley. Among the topics covered are the major economic, national security and law enforcement ministries, the presidency, the cabinet and questions of presidential-ministerial, presidential-presidential, legislative-executive and party-state relations.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene Huskey
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1992
• EAN: 9781563240591
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-059-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Constitution: government & the state, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Constitution: government and the state, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet