1st Edition

The Separation of the Party and the State Political Leadership in Soviet and Post Soviet Phases

By Vinayank N. Srivastava Copyright 1999
333 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

333 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999, this volume is the first full length study of one of the most important political institutions of the erstwhile Soviet political system – the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). The originality of this work lies in its main argument that the central reform during Perestroika was that of the Party and the State – a reform which ultimately... Read more

1. Introduction: the Perspective. 2. Historical Background. 3. The Rise of Reformism. 4. Preparing for Systemic Political Reforms: between the 27th Party Congress and the 19th Party Conference. 5. Transforming the Ideology and Shift from Political Monocentrism to Polycentrism. 6. Transforming the Political Leadership after the 19th Party Conference. 7. Remodelling the Institution of the Central Committee: the Central Secretariat, the Apparatus and the Commissions. 8. The Working of the Central Committee after the 19th Party Conference. 9. The Separation of the Party and the State. 10. Political and Social Pluralism in the Post-Soviet Era. 11. The State of the Economy in the Post-Soviet Era. 12. Conclusion.

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Vinayank N. Srivastava