How the Soviet Union is governed / by Jerry F. Hough and Merle Fainsod

Hough, Jerry F.

ISBN 10: 0674410300 / ISBN 13: 9780674410305

Edité par Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1980

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Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv,679p. ; 24cm. Notes; Includes index. An extensively revised and enlarged edition by Jerry E. Hough of Merle Fainsod's How Russia is ruled. Subjects; Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985. Russia Politics and government. Soviet Union Politics and government. Soviet Union Politics. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: How the Soviet Union is governed / by Jerry F. Hough and Merle Fainsod
• Éditeur: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press
• Date de parution: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674410300
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674410305
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Fourth Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

This is a new and thorough revision of a recognized classic whose first edition was hailed as the most authoritative account in English of the governing of the Soviet Union. Now, with historical material rearranged in chronological order, and with seven new chapters covering most of the last fifteen years, this edition brings the Soviet Union fully into the light of modern history and political science.

The purposes of Fainsod's earlier editions were threefold: to explain the techniques used by the Bolsheviks and Stalin to gain control of the Russian political system; to describe the methods they employed to maintain command; and to speculate upon the likelihood oftheir continued control in the future. This new edition increases very substantially the attention paid to another aspect of the political process--how policy is formed, how the Soviet Union is governed. Whenever possible, Mr. Hough attempts to analyze the alignments and interrelationships between Soviet policy institutions. Moreover, he constantly moves beyond a description of these institutions to probe the way they work. Two chapters are devoted to the questions of individual political participation. Other chapters examine the internal organization of institutions and explore the ways in which the backgrounds of their officials influence their policy positions and alliances. The picture that emerges is an unprecedented account of the distribution of power in the Soviet Union.

À propos de l?auteur

Jerry F. Hough is the James B. Duke Professor of Political Science at Duke University.