| Description |
xi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Russian political culture -- Russia's revolutionary heritage -- Ideology and political socialization -- The CPSU: the guiding force in Soviet society -- The state apparatus -- Regional and local politics in the USSR -- Socialist legality and the Soviet legal system -- The uniformed services -- The economy and the workers -- Science, technology, and education -- The social welfare state -- The politics of culture -- Dissent: political, ethnic, and religious -- Whither Gorbachev? Whither the Soviet Union? |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 337. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
0312748663 paperback |
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