How accurately did Western political scientists portray the
political, economic, and social developments in the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe over the last forty years? How did scholars'
perspectives, methods, and findings differ, and what were the
principal research trends during the Communist era that recently
ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This comprehensive
and definitive critical history of Soviet Studies takes stock of
the achievements and shortcomings in Western research on the
region's politics. It serves as a who's who of Western
Sovietologists, and it identifies many prominent political
scientists from the former Communist states.
This major reference opens with an overview of sources of
research, an analysis of different approaches and perspectives to
the study of the region since 1956, and an assessment of
post-sovietological literature of the 1990s. The volume contains
individual chapters on the former USSR and the eight East European
states. Cross-national chapters include two on Soviet and East
European international politics, two on Soviet and East European
economic reforms, and one on comparative communist studies. An
appendix points to Russian and East European research centers and
programs around the world. A general index makes it easy to access
the names of authors and subjects. This landmark reference should
prove to be stimulating reading for the many political scientists,
historians, sociologists, and economists, once engaged in Soviet
studies and for the new generation of scholars who bring fresh
analytical approaches to evaluating the region's politics.
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