Five Years That Shook the World : Gorbachev's Unfinished Revolution

Balzer, Harley D. (EDT)

Routledge（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367004040
• DDC分類 947.0854

Full Description

This book presents a balanced analysis of perestroika with an eye to the ongoing political, social and cultural changes. It is based on papers prepared for a conference on "The First Five Years of Perestroika: What Have We Learned? What Has Gorbachev Learned?" held at Georgetown University.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments -- USSR Population By Republic -- Introduction -- Stepping off the Treadmill of Failed Reforms? -- The Soviet Economy on a Treadmill of Perestroika: Gorbachev's First Five Years -- Social Change in the USSR Under Gorbachev: Population, Health and Environmental Issues -- Perestroika as Process: Lessons from the First Five Years -- Imperial Endgame: Nationality Problems and the Soviet Future -- Glasnost: A Cultural Kaleidoscope -- Alternative Prose and Glasnost Literature -- Gorbachev and Europe: An Accelerated Learning Curve -- Perestroika and U.S.-Soviet Relations: The Five-Year Plan No One Devised -- Lessons for Western Theories of International Security and Foreign Relations -- The Soviet Union in 1990 -- Epilogue: The View in 1991 -- Chronology of Major Events: March 1985—January 1991 -- Changes in Leadership Bodies