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_bKOT/R
100 _aKotz, David M.
245 0 _aRevolution from above: the demise of the soviet system/
_cDavid M. Kotz and Fred Weir
260 _aLondon:
_bRoutledge,
_c1997.
300 _axi, 302 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _a1. Introduction -- pt. I. The Soviet system. 2. Socialism and the Soviet system. 3. Growth, stagnation, and the origins of perestroika -- pt. II. Perestroika and the demise of the Soviet system. 4. Glasnost and the intelligentsia. 5. Economic reform. 6. Democratization. 7. The party-state elite and the pro-capitalist coalition. 8. The struggle for power -- pt. III. Aftermath of the Soviet demise. 9. Shock therapy. 10. The results of shock therapy. 11. Russia's political evolution. 12. Lessons for the future of socialism.
650 _aSoviet Union
650 _aSoviet Union--Former Soviet republics
650 _aPolitics and government
700 _aWeir, Fred
942 _cWB16