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administrative decentralisation
Author_Cameron Ross
bureaucratic power structures
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Cold War
comparative socialist local government
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fiscal policy analysis
public administration USSR
Russian economic programme
Soviet foreign policy
Soviet liberalisation
Soviet policy
Soviet political institutions
Soviet political liberalisation
Soviet politics
Superpower relations
Superpowers
urban planning governance
World politics
Product details
- ISBN 9781032675442
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union’s limited success in improving local government between in the 1960s to 1980s, as the country made a drive toward centralized policy control. It examines the institutional framework and changes in crucial policy areas, and argues that a fragmented vertical power structure involving the three bureaucracies of Party, ministries and the city and regional soviets was unproductive. It shows how group interests moulded and adapted policies and how the Party’s initiative in centralizing policy was thwarted. It also outlines the significance of the industrial base in determining local budgets and the provision of amenities, as opposed to overtly political factors.
