Origins of the Crisis in the U.S.S.R - Essays on the Political Economy of a Disintegrating System

This collection of essays offers a thorough sample of the views of Hillel Ticktin, one of the most controversial figures in Soviet studies for 25 years. He consistently argued that perestroika would fail, and that the USSR was and remained inherently Stalinist.

List of contents

Origins of the Crisis in the USSR; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Aims and Achievements of Gorbachev; Chapter 2 Theory and Concepts; Chapter 3 The Nature of Social Control in the USSR; Chapter 4 The Nonpolitical Politics of the Soviet Elite; Chapter 5 The Intelligentsia; Chapter 6 The Working Class; Chapter 7 The Nature of the Soviet Political Economy; Chapter 8 The Present Economic Crisis in the USSR; Chapter 9 Perestroika and the Disintegration of the USSR; Chapter 10 Where Are We Going? The Nature of the Transitional Epoch;

About the author

Hillel Ticktin

Summary

This collection of essays offers a thorough sample of the views of Hillel Ticktin, one of the most controversial figures in Soviet studies for 25 years. He consistently argued that perestroika would fail, and that the USSR was and remained inherently Stalinist.

Product details

• Authors: Hillel Ticktin, Ticktin Hillel
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1992
• EAN: 9780873328616
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-861-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Political structure & processes, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet