The Collapse of a Single-Party System: The Disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 94) - Softcover

Gill, Graeme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521469430 ISBN 13: 9780521469432

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

In this book Graeme Gill traces the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. The first book to follow the debates in the party over the implications of Gorbachev's reforms and how the party should respond to them, this study is also an in-depth analysis of the institutional dynamics of a party under pressure, showing how Gorbachev's reforms and the new political forces that grew up in their wake created disunity and fragmentation that ultimately led to the collapse of the most powerful single-party state in history.

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Book Description

Following the debates in the Communist Party over the implications of Gorbachev's reforms, this in-depth analysis of its disintegration (1985-1991) reveals the institutional dynamics and pressures that ultimately led to the collapse of the most powerful single-party state in history.

Review

' ... Gill's analysis of the party's fate as an institution is rich in detail and insight, and merits the attention of anyone interested in the end of the Soviet System.' International Affairs

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521469430
• ISBN 13: 9780521469432
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272