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Perestroika in Perspective: The Design and Dilemmas of Soviet Reform (Princeton Legacy Library)
Padma Desai
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: KC. Dimension: 234 x 159. Weight in Grams: 336.
Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika is a historic effort at restructuring the troubled Soviet economy. Wide-ranging in scope, harnessed with cultural and political reforms, it raises intriguing and important questions: Are Gorbachev's ideas different from the Kosygin-Brezhnev reform of 1965 that came to naught? What kinds of problems do the Russians have in understanding the market system? Who opposes perestroika? Do Gorbachev's proposals threaten his own future as Soviet leader? How does perestroika relate to a more general environment of openness, of glasnost? What happened at the June 1988 Party Conference? And, above all, is the old order really giving way to ... Read more
Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika is a historic effort at restructuring the troubled Soviet economy. Wide-ranging in scope, harnessed with cultural and political reforms, it raises intriguing and important questions: Are Gorbachev's ideas different from the Kosygin-Brezhnev reform of 1965 that came to naught? What kinds of problems do the Russians have in understanding the market system? Who opposes perestroika? Do Gorbachev's proposals threaten his own future as Soviet leader? How does perestroika relate to a more general environment of openness, of glasnost? What happened at the June 1988 Party Conference? And, above all, is the old order really giving way to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691602226
SKU
V9780691602226
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Reviews for Perestroika in Perspective: The Design and Dilemmas of Soviet Reform (Princeton Legacy Library)
"I found this book to be one of the most instructive and, at the same time, succinct, descriptions of the various aspects of perestroika. Especially admirable is Professor Desai's ability to combine highly professional economic analysis of the process with a general political and social picture of the Soviet Union and the problems it faces."—Adam B. Ulam, Harvard University