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Gorbachev: The Man and the System portrays Gorbachev's rise to
power and his tenure in office against the background of a period
of critical change and development in the Soviet system. The
research is primarily based on Soviet materials, supplemented and
critically compared with a wide range of Western press and academic
studies. Both Zemtsov and Farrar bring to the analysis their own
experiences, acquired under different circumstances.Part I focuses
on a selected chronology of significant events from Gorbachev's
assumption of power in March 1985 to June 1987. The authors examine
leadership and personnel changes, the economy, the society, and the
arts. Part II takes a look at foreign policies by examining:
relations with the United States and the industrialized West; arms
control policy; relations with Eastern Europe; relations with the
People's Republic of China; and relations with the third world.
Part III explores Gorbachev's military policies. Part IV concludes
with the authors' assessment of the future. Included in this book
are appendices on: changes in the Council of Ministers, Ministers,
and Chairmen of State Committees; Politburo and central committee
meetings since Gorbachev became General Secretary, through June
1987; and announced changes in the Diplomatic Corps and Foreign
Ministry as reported in the Soviet press. The hardcover edition of
this book was published in Gorbachev's early years. It thus
represents an early assessment, and as such a document of events at
the time they occurred. Renewed interest in communism, and in the
dissolution of the Soviet Union make this paperback edition timely.
A native of the Bay Area, Ross J. Farrar is an internationally
renowned singer, songwriter, and lyricist for the post-punk band,
Ceremony. In his debut book of poetry, Farrar conjures a narrative
voice that evokes Alan Vega of the band Suicide and other New York
school artists as he contemplates life outside of music. Farrar's
poems glide between hazy evocations of being young on the West
Coast, working at an adult bookstore, and drinking with friends,
alongside layers of darker experiences: visiting the graves of
friends and loved ones, leaving Cheree, the 2016 election. He mulls
over the lost landmarks of his youth in San Francisco and a
relationship both heart-wrenching and ultimately failing.
The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional
wisdom, and our conception of globalization has been called into
question. This challenging and timely book revisits the
relationship between globalization, the crisis and the state from
an interdisciplinary perspective, with law, economics and political
science underpinning the analysis.The expert contributors consider
the Washington Consensus and its aftermath across Australia, China,
the EU, New Zealand and South Africa in light of the financial
crisis, encompassing public policy issues including banking reform,
privatisation and state owned enterprise. The clash between market
and state capitalism and the response of market capitalism to the
crisis are also explored. This book draws together truly
multidisciplinary discussions of the main issues for contemporary
society in the face of globalization, and defines how these issues
relate to each other. As such, it will prove a stimulating read for
academics, researchers, postgraduate students and policymakers with
an interest in law, economics and politics. Contributors: M. Ariff,
T. Booth, L. Boulle, J. Broehmer, J. Chen, J.H. Farrar, G.A. Hodge,
C.-C. Huang, D.G. Mayes, A. Noon, L. Parsons, M. Regan, C.D.
Stoltenberg, S. Watson, M. Wilson, X. Yang
Gorbachev: The Man and the System portrays Gorbachev's rise to
power and his tenure in office against the background of a period
of critical change and development in the Soviet system. The
research is primarily based on Soviet materials, supplemented and
critically compared with a wide range of Western press and academic
studies. Both Zemtsov and Farrar bring to the analysis their own
experiences, acquired under different circumstances.Part I focuses
on a selected chronology of significant events from Gorbachev's
assumption of power in March 1985 to June 1987. The authors examine
leadership and personnel changes, the economy, the society, and the
arts. Part II takes a look at foreign policies by examining:
relations with the United States and the industrialized West; arms
control policy; relations with Eastern Europe; relations with the
People's Republic of China; and relations with the third world.
Part III explores Gorbachev's military policies. Part IV concludes
with the authors' assessment of the future. Included in this book
are appendices on: changes in the Council of Ministers, Ministers,
and Chairmen of State Committees; Politburo and central committee
meetings since Gorbachev became General Secretary, through June
1987; and announced changes in the Diplomatic Corps and Foreign
Ministry as reported in the Soviet press. The hardcover edition of
this book was published in Gorbachev's early years. It thus
represents an early assessment, and as such a document of events at
the time they occurred. Renewed interest in communism, and in the
dissolution of the Soviet Union make this paperback edition timely.
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