Gorbachev Phenomenon: - Hardcover

Moshe-lewin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520062574 ISBN 13: 9780520062573

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Das "Gorbatschow-Phänomen" wird als Produkt komplexer Entwicklungen in den letzten siebzig Jahren angesehen – Entwicklungen, die die Sowjetunion von einer hauptsächlich Agrargesellschaft in eine städtische, industrielle Gesellschaft verwandelten. Hier identifiziert erstmals eine bekannte Autorität der sowjetischen Gesellschaft die entscheidenden historischen Ereignisse und sozialen Kräfte, die Glasnost und das politische und wirtschaftliche Leben in der Sowjetunion heute erklären.

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A major interpreter of Soviet history, Lewin briefly examines evolving Soviet social patterns from their 1917 origins to the present in an effort to place the current glasnost and reformism into sharper perspective. His rather dry sociological approach will not appeal to the generalist, while the brevity of treatment may not satisfy the specialist. Nevertheless, his book provides useful evidence that the Soviet Union is not some monstrous monolith but, rather, a heterogeneous, socially dynamic entity whose rapid transformation from underdeveloped provincialism to urban superpower status is unprecedented. Mark R. Yerburgh, Trinity Coll. Lib., Burlington
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Glasnost under Gorbachev has its roots in Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and Kosygin's attempted economic reforms, notes Lewin, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. He contrasts the agrarian despotism that Lenin and Stalin presided over with today's highly industrialized society in which well-educated urban citizens are dominant. Soviet mass media cannot brainwash the individual, Lewin asserts, because a maze of interpersonal relations and informal groups serve as a shield against indoctrination. Themes like personal autonomy and individuality have filtered into public discourse. In an instructive and highly readable analysis, Lewin pinpoints Gorbachev's main strength as his awareness that all parts of the systemsociety, party, state, economymust be reformed simultaneously.
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520062574
• ISBN 13: 9780520062573
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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