The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev: Assessing the First Year

by Arthur Gunlicks, John Treadway

Overview

The book begins with an overview of the institutions with which Gorbachev will have to contend and then present a series of essays on which consider the prospects for economic reform, challenges and changes in social policy and the arts, and initiatives in foreign policy. The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev concludes with a discussion of the impact of the 27th Party Congress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275927028
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/02/1987
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

ARTHUR B. GUNLICKS is Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond, Virginia.

JOHN D. TREADWAY is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond.

Table of Contents

Preface
Gorbachev, the Party, and the Soviet State by Arthur B. Gunlicks
Gorbachev's First Year: An Overview by Helmut Sonnenfeldt
The Gorbachev Generation by Konstantin Simis
Soviet Foreign Policy Under Gorbachev by Walter D. Connor
Soviet Culture: New Attitudes Toward the Arts by Irwin Weil
Gorbachev and the 27th Party Congress of the CPSU by J. Martin Ryle
Recommended Readings
Index