Controversies in Soviet Social Thought - Democratization, Social Justice and the Erosion of Official Ideology

Over the past several years awareness has been heightened of the "expansionary logic" of the reform debate in the Soviet Union. Yanowitch traces the dynamic evolution of reform thinking and the emergence of liberal and social-democratic schools of thought on several pivotal issues.

List of contents

Controversies in Soviet Social Thought; Chapter 1 Reformist Undercurrents in the Pre-Gorbachev Period; Chapter 2 Toward “Democratization” of the Workplace; Chapter 3 The Democratization of Political Discourse; Chapter 4 The Issue of “Social Justice”; Chapter 5 The Desanctification of Marxism-Leninism;

About the author

Murray Yanowitch

Summary

Over the past several years awareness has been heightened of the "expansionary logic" of the reform debate in the Soviet Union. Yanowitch traces the dynamic evolution of reform thinking and the emergence of liberal and social-democratic schools of thought on several pivotal issues.

Product details

• Authors: Murray Yanowitch, Yanowitch Murray
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1991
• EAN: 9780873325585
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-558-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Social issues & processes, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Social and ethical issues, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet