Perestroika Under The Tsars

Author : Padma Desai
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400859867
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perestroika in Perspective written by Padma Desai and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 a new one? Or does Gorbachev aim at "capitalist icing on a socialist cake"?. To answer these questions and others, Padma Desai, a distinguished pioneer in the modern econometric analysis of the Soviet economy, has distilled from Gorbachev's myriad decrees the outlines of his strategy for doing away with the Soviet Union's long-term economic malaise. Focusing on the key areas of industry, agriculture, services, and foreign trade, she discusses specific blueprints for change and evaluates the possibilities for their success. Skillfully combining charts, photographs, cartoons, and quotes, this book offers a unique and coherent view of the strategy underlying Gorbachev's reform efforts to date--and does so gracefully and with sparkle, in terms completely understandable to the layperson. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perestroika written by Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains primary source material.

Author : W.E. Mosse
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perestroika Under the Tsars written by W.E. Mosse and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian history is full of recurrences which are not fortuitous, but the product of underlying causes that have changed little over the centuries. In this book, W.E. Mosse offers a view of the counterpart of the recent perestroika movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He examines the causes and the results of the reform movement that worked for change before 1914 - in particular the reforms associated with Tsar Alexander II, Witte and Stolypin. In the process he goes some way towards putting the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s into an historical perspective.

Author : Marshall I. Goldman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393309041
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Went Wrong with Perestroika written by Marshall I. Goldman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political commentator discusses the rise and fall of Mikhail Gorbachev, revealing Gorbachev as a reluctant reformer, who did nothing to counter the nation's overindulgence of heavy industry.

Author : George E. Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000280446
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet National Security Policy Under Perestroika written by George E. Hudson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1990, examines the nature and causes of the changes to Soviet national security policy under Gorbachev. Changes in leadership and institutional arrangements, economic policy, ideology and military involvement all fostered new patterns of cooperation and competition. Authors look at the historical, economic and cultural contexts of change and proceed to a discussion of change agents, such as modernization, technology and domestic politics. Specific components of foreign and military policy, such as arms control and relations with Western Europe, the Warsaw Pact and the Third World, are also examined.

Author : Deborah Adelman
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563242878
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "children of Perestroika" Come of Age written by Deborah Adelman and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992 Deborah Adelman returned to Moscow to meet once again with the young people who told their stories in The "Children of Perestroika". During the intervening three years, the teens had experienced not only major social and political upheavals, but also important changes in their personal lives: the death of a parent; love, marriage, and the prospect of children; for some, the beginning of a higher education; for others, military service and entry into a rapidly changing world of work. In this new book of interviews, the teens describe the trials and tribulations of their first years of adult life - the decisions they have made, and the hand that fate has dealt them and their families, in the chaotic and uncertain world of post-Soviet Russia.

Author : Sidney Ploss
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786457090
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Perestroika written by Sidney Ploss and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With new information from Russian archives, this work examines the historical roots of Gorbachev's perestroika and the reforms that would eventually lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The controversies among Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev over party role, economic management, resource allocation, ethnic policies, legality and foreign relations are discussed. An appendix "reads between the lines" in historic Soviet texts, and a helpful list of Soviet leaders, with brief identifications, is included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Martin McCauley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gorbachev and Perestroika written by Martin McCauley and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a narrative and analysis of the first four years of the Gorbachev phenomenon. All areas of great significance are covered. Special attention is paid to the economy, nationality affairs and foreign affairs. Gorbachev's standing abroad is much higher than at home. Seen by many abroad as a charismatic figure, he has still to convince the average worker and farmer that perestroika is good for them. The first four years present a fascinating tableau of Soviet change and resistance to change. This book provides the reader with the insights to understand the processes now under way in the largest country in the world. For those who wish to be informed about the Soviet Union and aim to follow events there, it will be required reading.

Author : Moshe Lewin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520062573
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gorbachev Phenomenon written by Moshe Lewin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gorbachev phenomenon" is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years--developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial historical events and social forces that explain Glasnost and political and economic life in the Soviet Union today.

Author : Robert William Davies
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253316042
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution written by Robert William Davies and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the new information and new approaches to major aspects of history which have been emerging in the Soviet press and media since the end of 1986. Much attention is on the Stalinists and the difficulty of bringing this large group along. Cloth edition available (31604-9), $35. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR