1st Edition
The Politburo Demographic Trends, Gorbachev, And The Future
By Roy D Laird
Copyright 1986
214 Pages
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Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
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Routledge
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Using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, Dr. Laird has compiled a unique catalog of data on every member of the Politburo since 1917. Central to the analysis is a "change index" that provides a running measure of politically motivated changes in Politburo membership. Examining continuities and changes in the Politburo over the years, the author shows that within each of the major... Read more
Preface -- An Empirical Study of the Politburo -- The Data Base -- The Qualitative Politburo Environment -- The Lenin-Stalin Years -- Lenin’s Politburo (1917–21) -- The Stalin Era (1922–52) -- A New Deal in Soviet Politics -- The Khrushchev Era (1953–63) -- The Brezhnev Era (1964–81) -- The Andropov-Chernenko Interregnum (1982–84) -- Gorbachev and the Future -- The Dawn of a Grobachev Era? (1985–??) -- A New "Time of Troubles" -- Appendix: Chronology of Politburo Members
Biography
Roy D. Laird is professor of political science and Soviet and East European studies at the University of Kansas.
