The Collapse of a Single-Party System: The Disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

by Graeme Gill

Overview

In this book Graeme Gill traces the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. The first book to follow the debates in the party over the implications of Gorbachev's reforms and how the party should respond to them, this study is also an in-depth analysis of the institutional dynamics of a party under pressure, showing how Gorbachev's reforms and the new political forces that grew up in their wake created disunity and fragmentation that ultimately led to the collapse of the most powerful single-party state in history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521469432
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/13/1994
Series:	Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies , #94
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

1. The administrative party system; 2. The personnel solution; 3. The move to institutional reform; 4. The programme for change; 5. Reform out of control; 6. The lead-up to the congress; 7. The party imploding; 8. The end.

Editorial Reviews

' … Gill's analysis of the party's fate as an institution is rich in detail and insight, and merits the attention of anyone interested in the end of the Soviet System.' International Affairs

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