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Book The Soviet Union  New Patterns of Power

Download or read book The Soviet Union New Patterns of Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The pattern of sovient power

Download or read book The pattern of sovient power written by Edgar Snow and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Power Restructuring In China And Russia

Download or read book Power Restructuring In China And Russia written by Mark Lupher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive economic transformations and political upheavals that have been sweeping China and the Soviet Union in the final decades of the twentieth century are among the great dramas of our time. Yet the origins of these revolutionary changes are murky and their outcomes unclear. Have we witnessed the demise of an archaic authoritarian order and the rise of pluralism and democracy, or are the tumultuous events of the post-Mao era and the period of perestroika more usefully viewed in light of broader patterns of power and politics in Chinese and Russian history? Considering these questions with a new interpretation of power relations and political processes in China and Russia, Mark Lupher explores the imperial era, the communist period, and the current situation in both countries. Rather than speaking of “reform,” which too often is understood as liberalization along Western lines, his discussion is focused on power restructuring—the ebb and flow of state power; the centralization and decentralization of political and economic power; and the three-way struggles between central rulers, various elites, and nonprivileged groups that drive these processes. Lupher’s power-restructuring analysis is noteworthy in combining broad comparative-historical analysis and conceptualization with a closely focused discussion and reinterpretation of the Chinese Cultural Revolution—the core of his book. By comparing and bringing new light to bear on a series of pivotal episodes in Chinese and Russian history, he furthers our understanding and assessment of processes that will continue to unfold in China, Russia, and the former Soviet republics.

Book Soviet Power

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Steele
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1984-10-24
  • ISBN : 0671528130
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Soviet Power written by Jonathan Steele and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1984-10-24 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, Soviet Power is Jonathan Steele's exploration on the Kremlin's foreign policy from Brezhnev to Chernenko. This analysis points to a pattern of thwarted strategy and failed objectives, which has weakened the influence of the Soviet Union even while its military power has grown, but warns that the United States frequently misunderstands Soviet intentions and capabilities.

Book Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse   Understanding Historical Change

Download or read book Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse Understanding Historical Change written by Robert Strayer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the Soviet collapse - the most cataclysmic event of the recent past - as a case study, this text engages students in the exercise of historical analysis, interpretation and explanation. In exploring the question posed by the title, the author introduces and applies such organizing concepts as great power conflict, imperial decline, revolution, ethnic conflict, colonialism, economic development, totalitarian ideology, and transition to democracy in a most accessible way. Questions and controversies, and extracts from documentary and literary sources, anchor the text at key points. This book is intended for use in history and political science courses on the Soviet Union or more generally on the 20th century.

Book Mechanisms of Power in the Soviet Union

Download or read book Mechanisms of Power in the Soviet Union written by Niels Erik Rosenfeldt and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archival evidence and other sources, these essays examine the power structures, communication channels and mechanisms of decision making within the Soviet political system. The book deals with both domestic and foreign policy problems. Special attention is focused on the era of Stalinism.

Book Russia Resurrected

Download or read book Russia Resurrected written by Kathryn E. Stoner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics. Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet 25 years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. Kathryn E. Stoner assesses the resurrection of Russia and argues that we should look beyond traditional means of power to assess its strength in global affairs. Taking into account how Russian domestic politics under Vladimir Putin influence its foreign policy, Stoner explains how Russia has battled its way back to international prominence. From Russia's seizure of the Crimea from Ukraine to its military support for the Assad regime in Syria, the country has reasserted itself as a major global power. Stoner examines these developments and more in tackling the big questions about Russia's turnaround and global future. Stoner marshals data on Russia's political, economic, and social development and uncovers key insights from its domestic politics. Russian people are wealthier than the Chinese, debt is low, and fiscal policy is good despite sanctions and the volatile global economy. Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime faces virtually no organized domestic opposition. Yet, mindful of maintaining control at home, Russia under Putin also uses its varied power capacities to extend its influence abroad. While we often underestimate Russia's global influence, the consequences are evident in the disruption of politics in the US, Syria, and Venezuela, to name a few. Russia Resurrected is an eye-opening reassessment of the country, identifying the actual sources of its power in international politics and why it has been able to redefine the post-Cold War global order.

Book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 10985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world. This groundbreaking project covers every field of human geography and the discipline’s relationships to other disciplines, and is global in scope, involving an international set of contributors. Given its broad, inclusive scope and unique online accessibility, it is anticipated that the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography will become the major reference work for the discipline over the coming decades. The Encyclopedia will be available in both limited edition print and online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ref_works/coming/ Available online on ScienceDirect and in limited edition print format Broad, interdisciplinary coverage across human geography: Philosophy, Methods, People, Social/Cultural, Political, Economic, Development, Health, Cartography, Urban, Historical, Regional Comprehensive and unique - the first of its kind in human geography

Book Revival  Soviet Politics  The Dilemma of Power  1950

Download or read book Revival Soviet Politics The Dilemma of Power 1950 written by Barrington Moore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New patterns of power -- 17 The Relations of Ideology and Foreign Policy -- The impact of experience on behavior and doctrine -- The impact of doctrine on behavior -- Some prospects -- 18 Conclusions and Implications -- Major features of ideological and social change in the USSR -- Implications for modern industrial society -- Are there limits to ideological change? -- The natural history of a successful protest movement -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Book Authority  Power and Policy in the USSR

Download or read book Authority Power and Policy in the USSR written by T. H. Rigby and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-06-18 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book USSR

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1963
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 820 pages

Download or read book USSR written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pacific Horizons

Download or read book Pacific Horizons written by New Zealand Institute of International Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (copy 1) from the John Holmes Library collection.

Book Power and Privilege

Download or read book Power and Privilege written by David Christian and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of a book first published in 1986. This edition has been updated and expanded to include new chapters on the Brezhnev era and perestroika and to take into account the dissolution of the Soviet system. The text is well illustrated and is supported by a statistical appendix, an annotated bibliography, a glossary, chronology and an index.

Book Revelations from the Russian Archives

Download or read book Revelations from the Russian Archives written by Diane P. Koenker and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Power and Resistance in the New World Order

Download or read book Power and Resistance in the New World Order written by S. Gill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully revised and updated new edition, leading political scientist Stephen Gill further develops his radical theory of the new world order to argue that as the globalization of power intensifies, so too do globalized forms of resistance. Including two new chapters, this widely adopted text offers alternatives to the current world order.

Book Soviet Military Power

Download or read book Soviet Military Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Soviet Union

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1978
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book The Soviet Union written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This moment was not his alone, nor could it ever have come about without him... Gough Whitlam turned to Graham Freudenberg, touched him lightly on the shoulder, saying, 'It's been a long road, Comrade, but we're there', and walked out to meet the spotlight... Acclaimed biographer Jenny Hocking's GOUGH WHITLAM: A MOMENT IN HISTORY is the first contemporary and definitive biographical study of the former Labor Prime Minister. From his childhood in the fledging city of Canberra to his first appearance as Prime Minister (playing Neville Chamberlain), to his extensive war service in the Pacific and marriage to Margaret, the champion swimmer and daughter of Justice Wilfred Dovey, the biography draws on previously unseen archival material, extensive interviews with family and colleagues, and exclusive interviews with Gough Whitlam himself. Hocking's narrative skill and scrupulous research reveals an extraordinary and complex man, whose life is, in every way, formed by the remarkable events of.