The Soviet Concept of 'Limited Sovereignty' from Lenin to Gorbachev: The Brezhnev Doctrine - Hardcover

Jones, Robert A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333433262 ISBN 13: 9780333433263

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990

Synopsis

The book examines the origins, development and contemporary significance of the Soviet doctrine of 'limited sovereignty' ('Brezhnev Doctrine'), with particular reference to the Doctrine's implications for the Soviet Union's relations with Eastern Europe. The author identifies and considers the multiple functions served by the Soviet Union's essentially dualistic or 'bi-axial' approach to sovereignty, which embraces notions derived from both general international law and from Soviet Marxist-Leninist doctrine. The book also includes a comparative analysis of the US 'Monroe Doctrine'. The author argues that, although in the Gorbachev era of 'new thinking', the Soviet doctrine of sovereignty may be developing a 'third axis', Western predictions of the imminent or actual demise of the 'Brezhnev Doctrine' are premature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0333433262
• ISBN 13: 9780333433263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 346