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- Trade
- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691019428
ISBN-13
9780691019420
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1086318
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Red Sunset : the Failure of Soviet Politics
Subject
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
93-004047
Reviews
This is fashionable political science theory applied to what will surely be one of the great social science puzzles of the twentieth century-why the Soviet system collapsed.... Although the book's primary audience is in the universities, the general reader will gain insight into the ultimate weaknesses of the Soviet system and a good idea of how 'new institutionalism' stacks up as an explanation against traditional alternatives, particularly those stressing the importance of political culture. -- Foreign Affairs, This is fashionable political science theory applied to what will surely be one of the great social science puzzles of the twentieth century-why the Soviet system collapsed.... Although the book's primary audience is in the universities, the general reader will gain insight into the ultimate weaknesses of the Soviet system and a good idea of how 'new institutionalism' stacks up as an explanation against traditional alternatives, particularly those stressing the importance of political culture., "This is fashionable political science theory applied to what will surely be one of the great social science puzzles of the twentieth century-why the Soviet system collapsed.... Although the book's primary audience is in the universities, the general reader will gain insight into the ultimate weaknesses of the Soviet system and a good idea of how 'new institutionalism' stacks up as an explanation against traditional alternatives, particularly those stressing the importance of political culture." -- Foreign Affairs, "This is fashionable political science theory applied to what will surely be one of the great social science puzzles of the twentieth century-why the Soviet system collapsed.... Although the book's primary audience is in the universities, the general reader will gain insight into the ultimate weaknesses of the Soviet system and a good idea of how 'new institutionalism' stacks up as an explanation against traditional alternatives, particularly those stressing the importance of political culture."-- Foreign Affairs
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
321.920947
Table Of Content
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Ch. 1 Why Did Soviet Bolshevism Fail? 3 Ch. 2 The Authoritarian Constitution 22 Ch. 3 Creating the Constitution of Bolshevism, 1917-1953 41 Ch. 4 Reciprocal Accountability, 1953-1986 66 Ch. 5 Balanced Leadership, 1953-1986 94 Ch. 6 Institutionalized Stagnation 119 Ch. 7 The Domestic Policy Spiral 144 Ch. 8 The Dialectics of Military Planning 177 Ch. 9 The Failure of Constitutional Reform, 1987-1991 210 Ch. 10 Can Authoritarian Institutions Survive? 246 Notes 255 Select Bibliography 307 Index 311
Synopsis
Why did the Soviet system fail? How is it that a political order, born of revolution, perished from stagnation? What caused a seemingly stable polity to collapse? Philip Roeder finds the answer to these questions in the Bolshevik "constitution"--the fundamental rules of the Soviet system that evolved from revolutionary times into the post-Stalin era. These rules increasingly prevented the Communist party from responding to the immense social changes that it had itself set in motion: although the Soviet political system initially had vast resources for transforming society, its ability to transform itself became severely limited. In Roeder's view, the problem was not that Soviet leaders did not attempt to change, but that their attempts were so often defeated by institutional resistance to reform. The leaders' successful efforts to stabilize the political system reduced its adaptability, and as the need for reform continued to mount, stability became a fatal flaw.Roeder's analysis of institutional constraints on political behavior represents a striking departure from the biographical approach common to other analyses of Soviet leadership, and provides a strong basis for comparison of the Soviet experience with constitutional transformation in other authoritarian polities., Why did the Soviet system fail? How is it that a political order, born of revolution, perished from stagnation? What caused a seemingly stable polity to collapse? This title provides answers to these questions in the Bolshevik "constitution" - fundamental rules of the Soviet system that evolved from revolutionary times into the post-Stalin era., Why did the Soviet system fail? How is it that a political order, born of revolution, perished from stagnation? What caused a seemingly stable polity to collapse? Philip Roeder finds the answer to these questions in the Bolshevik "constitution"--the fundamental rules of the Soviet system that evolved from revolutionary times into the post-Stalin era. These rules increasingly prevented the Communist party from responding to the immense social changes that it had itself set in motion: although the Soviet political system initially had vast resources for transforming society, its ability to transform itself became severely limited. In Roeder's view, the problem was not that Soviet leaders did not attempt to change, but that their attempts were so often defeated by institutional resistance to reform. The leaders' successful efforts to stabilize the political system reduced its adaptability, and as the need for reform continued to mount, stability became a fatal flaw. Roeder's analysis of institutional constraints on political behavior represents a striking departure from the biographical approach common to other analyses of Soviet leadership, and provides a strong basis for comparison of the Soviet experience with constitutional transformation in other authoritarian polities.
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