A normal totalitarian society : | A normal totalitarian society : how the soviet union functioned and how it collapsed / how the Soviet Union functioned and how it collapsed /
Shlapentokh, Vladimir. Shlapentokh, Vladimir
A normal totalitarian society : how the Soviet Union functioned and how it collapsed / A normal totalitarian society : how the soviet union functioned and how it collapsed / Vladimir Shlapentokh. Vladimir Shlapentokh - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2001. New York : Sharpe , 2001 - xv, 340 p. ; 24 cm. 340p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical concepts -- Two components of Soviet ideology: socialism and Russian nationalism -- Adjusting the revolutionary ideology to totalitarian goals -- World revolution as a geopolitical instrument -- Open and closed ideologies -- Policy toward key social groups: workers and creative intelligentsia -- The political system: the supreme leader as the major institution -- An effective political machine -- The economy: organic flaws and achievements -- Public opinion: acceptance of the regime -- The regime and the empire: a complex relationship -- Reforms: alternatives in history -- Reforming the system, destroying its fundamentals -- Consequences.
1563244713 (alk. paper) 9781563244711 (alk. paper) 1563244721 9781563244728
2001032247
Communism--Soviet Union.
Totalitarianism.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
HX 311.5 / S558n 2001 S131a 2001
A normal totalitarian society : how the Soviet Union functioned and how it collapsed / A normal totalitarian society : how the soviet union functioned and how it collapsed / Vladimir Shlapentokh. Vladimir Shlapentokh - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2001. New York : Sharpe , 2001 - xv, 340 p. ; 24 cm. 340p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical concepts -- Two components of Soviet ideology: socialism and Russian nationalism -- Adjusting the revolutionary ideology to totalitarian goals -- World revolution as a geopolitical instrument -- Open and closed ideologies -- Policy toward key social groups: workers and creative intelligentsia -- The political system: the supreme leader as the major institution -- An effective political machine -- The economy: organic flaws and achievements -- Public opinion: acceptance of the regime -- The regime and the empire: a complex relationship -- Reforms: alternatives in history -- Reforming the system, destroying its fundamentals -- Consequences.
1563244713 (alk. paper) 9781563244711 (alk. paper) 1563244721 9781563244728
2001032247
Communism--Soviet Union.
Totalitarianism.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
HX 311.5 / S558n 2001 S131a 2001