Titlebook: Soviet Politics; Continuity And Contr Gordon B. Smith Book Mar 1988Latest edition Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

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Russian Political Culture,ry in which citizens routinely stand in long lines to buy milk, meat, and potatoes, and where items such as fresh fruit, toilet paper, and typewriters are in chronic short supply. Soviet youth today wear Levis purchased on the black market and listen to the latest Western rock music, yet their attit

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,Russia’s Revolutionary Heritage,ime, immobilized by fear and inertia, confronted rapidly changing social forces. Those who criticized the regime or spoke out for reforms were imprisoned or exiled. A self-perpetuating cycle developed: calls for reform resulted in police harassment, which further radicalized the dissidents and harde

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The CPSU: The Guiding Force in Soviet Society,e of Soviet society.”. At all levels of government, it is charged with making policies and supervising the prompt, efficient execution of policy decisions. Since 1917, the Party has developed from a handful of professional revolutionaries into a massive bureaucracy incorporating more than 19 million

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,Russia’s Revolutionary Heritage,ned or exiled. A self-perpetuating cycle developed: calls for reform resulted in police harassment, which further radicalized the dissidents and hardened their demands. With every repetition of the cycle, the political demands grew more strident, the protests more violent, and the responses of the authorities more repressive and brutal.