Russian Political Institutions

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
PRAEGER UNIVERSITY SERIES
RUSSIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
Third Edition By DEREK J. R. SCOTT
The sudden ouster of Nikita Khrushchev dramatized anew the fact that the Russian poHtical landscape is often swept by the tide of change and that any evaluation of the Soviet system demands periodic review. In this latest edition of his basic survey and analysis of Soviet political institutions, Derek Scott has completely revised his original text, interpreting the impact of the Khrushchev era and the developments since Khrushchev's fall.
Described by Professor Max Beloff in Parliamentary Affairs as "the most useful introductory survey in Engljsh that has so far been produced," Russian Political Institutions provides a comprehensive examination of the monolithic Soviet governmental structure. Among the aspects discussed are: the scope and motivations of the Soviet state; the historical and theoretical bases upon which Soviet politics draws; the development of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

POLITICAL SCIENCE
PRAEGER UNIVERSITY SERIES
RUSSIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
Third Edition By DEREK J. R. SCOTT
The sudden ouster of Nikita Khrushchev dramatized anew the fact that the Russian poHtical landscape is often swept by the tide of change and that any evaluation of the Soviet system demands periodic review. In this latest edition of his basic survey and analysis of Soviet political institutions, Derek Scott has completely revised his original text, interpreting the impact of the Khrushchev era and the developments since Khrushchev's fall.
Described by Professor Max Beloff in Parliamentary Affairs as "the most useful introductory survey in Engljsh that has so far been produced," Russian Political Institutions provides a comprehensive examination of the monolithic Soviet governmental structure. Among the aspects discussed are: the scope and motivations of the Soviet state; the historical and theoretical bases upon which Soviet politics draws; the development of distinctively Soviet state institutions; and the structure, membership, and authority of the complex device called the Party.
Against this detailed background of the Soviet political machinery, Dr. Scott describes the means by which the state attempts to fulfill its main function—the management of the mammoth, nationalized economy as a single concern. He seeks to show how priorities of tasks are evaluated in agriculture, industry, the judiciary, education, and the armed forces; how obligations are determined; and how performance is secured—to a greater or lesser degree—by the Soviet state. Vissza