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This book analyzes the Soviet Union's social problems, focusing on
those it shares with Western industrial societies. It assesses the
social concerns confronting Gorbachev, including poverty;
prostitution; health, education, and family issues; and the
difficulty of adapting to technological change.
Due to the pace of change in the USSR, monographs and textbooks in
the field are quickly becoming dated. This book is the inaugural
edition of a series that seeks to fill that void by presenting a
biannual, systematic summary and analysis of developments in Soviet
affairs. In this first volume, noted experts cover the years
1989-1990, examining the full range of political, economic, social,
and ethnic changes of these two tumultuous years. Additional
chapters focus on the Soviet Union's foreign relations and key
developments abroad as well as at home. Scholars and students as
well as general readers will find this series to be of great value
as a means of staying current in an era of constant change.
This book analyzes the Soviet Union's social problems, focusing on
those it shares with Western industrial societies. It assesses the
social concerns confronting Gorbachev, including poverty;
prostitution; health, education, and family issues; and the
difficulty of adapting to technological change.
The demise of any empire provides an occasion for fresh examination
of longaccepted "truths" about its history and its intrinsic
nature: What set this particular empire apart from others? Why did
it develop in the way that it did? Could events have taken a
different path? What legacies has the empire left to its heirs? In
this volume, eminent scholars reflect on the unique and central
features of the Soviet empire during its period of consolidation in
Europe and speculate on the long-term effects of its collapse. They
reconsider subjects that have absorbed Adam Ulam's attention in his
own work-the ideologies of central planning, of totalitarianism and
state terror at home, and of intervention abroad-and explore their
impact on the people who lived under Soviet power at its apogee.
They also analyze the unraveling of the system on the domestic
scene, in elite and grassroots politics, and in the international
arena. Concluding chapters focus on the configuration of new
domestic and foreign policies and on prospects for security and
cooperation in the region.
The demise of any empire provides an occasion for fresh examination
of longaccepted "truths" about its history and its intrinsic
nature: What set this particular empire apart from others? Why did
it develop in the way that it did? Could events have taken a
different path? What legacies has the empire left to its heirs? In
this volume, eminent scholars reflect on the unique and central
features of the Soviet empire during its period of consolidation in
Europe and speculate on the long-term effects of its collapse. They
reconsider subjects that have absorbed Adam Ulam's attention in his
own work-the ideologies of central planning, of totalitarianism and
state terror at home, and of intervention abroad-and explore their
impact on the people who lived under Soviet power at its apogee.
They also analyze the unraveling of the system on the domestic
scene, in elite and grassroots politics, and in the international
arena. Concluding chapters focus on the configuration of new
domestic and foreign policies and on prospects for security and
cooperation in the region.
Due to the pace of change in the USSR, monographs and textbooks in
the field are quickly becoming dated. This book is the inaugural
edition of a series that seeks to fill that void by presenting a
biannual, systematic summary and analysis of developments in Soviet
affairs. In this first volume, noted experts cover the years
1989-1990, examining the full range of political, economic, social,
and ethnic changes of these two tumultuous years. Additional
chapters focus on the Soviet Union's foreign relations and key
developments abroad as well as at home. Scholars and students as
well as general readers will find this series to be of great value
as a means of staying current in an era of constant change.
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