Demise of Marxism - Leninism in Russia

Informationen zum Autor The late ALEXANDER DALLINGAIL W. LAPIDUS Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for International Studies and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Califormia, Berkeley, USAThe late ALEC NOVET. H. RIGBY Professor Emeritus and Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, AustraliaIGOR V. TIMOFEYEV Associate Legal Officer Klappentext In The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia , distinguished specialists chart the rise of new thinking on the Soviet system and the decline and fall of Marxism-Leninism in the late Soviet period. They also discuss the failure of Marxism-Leninism to make a comeback in post-Soviet Russia. This book makes a significant contribution to understanding the independent importance of ideas in politics and provides clear analyses of the rise of liberal and social democratic thought about the political system, the economy, international Communism, nationalism and federalism. Zusammenfassung In The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia , distinguished specialists chart the rise of new thinking on the Soviet system and the decline and fall of Marxism-Leninism in the late Soviet period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Decline and Fall of Marxism-Leninism in Russia; A.Brown The Rise of Non-Leninist Thinking About the Political System; A.Brown The Rise of Non-Leninist Thinking on the Economy; A.Nove The Development of Russian Liberal Thought since 1985; I.V.Timofeyev Transforming the 'National Question': New Approaches to Nationalism, Federalism and Sovereignty; G.W.Lapidus The Rise of New Thinking on Soviet Foreign Policy; A.Dallin The Development of New Thinking about World Communism; A.Dallin Some Concluding Observations; T.H.Rigby Index

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• Authors: Archie Brown, BROWN ARCHIE
• Assisted by: Brown (Editor), A Brown (Editor), A. Brown (Editor), Archie Brown (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2004
• EAN: 9780333651230
• ISBN: 978-0-333-65123-0
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: St Antony's Series; St Antony's Series; St Antony's
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Europa, Verstehen, B, Europe, Russia, European Politics, Political Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Thought, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Europe—Politics and government, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Russia—Politics and government, Post-Soviet, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)