1st Edition
Developed Socialism in the Soviet Bloc: Political Theory and Political Reality
Edited By Jim Seroka
Copyright 1982
208 Pages
by
Routledge
This book traces the evolution of Soviet and East European responses to the multifaceted pressures of a rapidly changing world and looks at the implications of ideological developments in the Soviet bloc for economic reforms, general policymaking, and political and social change. The authors discuss the concept of developed socialism and its essential components as seen in communist societies; analyze current policy and likely future policy directions in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and Yugoslavia in light of the concept; and assess the impact that ideological trends have had, and are likely to have, on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in general.
Preface -- National Perspectives -- Developed Socialism: A Political Formula for the Brezhnev Era -- Is Developed Socialism a Soviet Version of Convergence? -- Hungary and Czechoslovakia Rationalizing the Prevailing Policies -- Developing Socialism and Worker-Party Conflict -- Developed Socialism in Yugoslavia: Socialist Self-Managed Pluralist Democracy -- Developed socialism and the polish crisis* -- Cross-National Perspectives -- Party Leadership and Mass Participation in Developed Socialism -- Developed Socialism and Consumption Policies in the Soviet Bloc: An Empirical Evaluation -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press
