A01=Edward J Brown
A01=Michael P Sacks
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A01=Terry L Thompson
Abram Tertz
Andrei Sinyavsky
anti-Stalin Campaign
Author_Edward J Brown
Author_Michael P Sacks
Author_Richard Sheldon
Author_Terry L Thompson
Babi Yar
Brezhnev era analysis
Category=NH
Central Asian ethnicity gender
Communist Parties
CPSU Congress
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Gorbachev reforms
Gorbachev's restructuring policies
Indigenous Central Asians
JAC
Leisure Behavior
Leisure Culture
Muslim Ethnic Groups
Muslim Ethnicity
NATO Perspective
noncoercive Soviet social mechanisms
Nonleisure Activity
post-Stalin Era
post-Stalin Russia
post-Stalin USSR
Rural Uzbekistan
Russian literary criticism
Russian literary tradition
Russian Republic
Sergo Ordzhonikidze
socialist state-run economy
Soviet social control
Soviet Sociologists
Time Budget Studies
Twentieth CPSU Congress
urban leisure culture
Vera Zasulich
West Germany
Work Force Participation
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367288402
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Academic analysis has not always kept pace with the dramatic changes that have occurred in the USSR since Stalin’s time, for objective study has often been overshadowed—especially in the 1980s—by publicity concerning the negative aspects of the “Evil Empire.” Recently, however, because of reforms initiated by Gorbachev, the dynamics of the Soviet system have come into sharper focus. This book provides a wide-ranging, detailed view of economic, social, ideological, and literary aspects of the Soviet system leading up to the Gorbachev era. The essays include both historical and contemporary perspectives on the sources of stability (and stagnation) in the post-Stalin years. Examining the intricate fabric of Soviet society, the contributors provide insights into the social and cultural motivations for Gorbachev’s “restructuring” policies. Their themes echo the work of Vera S. Dunham, who for more than four decades has focused on diverse aspects of Soviet society and culture, particularly on the noncoercive means of social control that have often been overlooked but that are a vital component of the Soviet system.
"Terry L. Thompson is an analyst and manager at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Richard Sheldon is dean of humanities and professor of Russian at Dartmouth College."
