Restructuring Soviet Ideology: Gorbachev's New Thinking

by Sylvia Babus Woodby, Alfred Evans

Overview

This book offers an analysis of the character and impact of ideological change, addresses a different arena of Soviet policy or social life, and reflects somewhat different concerns about the role or significance of ideology. It summarizes the way in which Marxism-Leninism has been understood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367301323
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

"Sylvia Woodby is the author of Gorbachev and the Decline of Ideology in Soviet Foreign Policy (Westview, 1989), coauthor (with Carol R. Saivetz) of Soviet-Third World Relations (Westview, 1985)anging Agenda: World Politics Since 1945, second edition (Westview, forthcoming). 215Alfred B. Evans, Jr., is a professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Fresno. His publications on Soviet ideology include “Developed Socialism in Soviet Ideology”(Soviet Studies, 1977) and “Rereading Lenin’s State and Revolution”(Slavic Review, 1987). He has also published research on the impact of Soviet governmental policies aimed at the equalization of urban and rural living standards."

Table of Contents

Introduction — Rethinking Soviet Socialism: The Politics of Ideological Change — Toward a New Political Economy of Socialism — Changing Views of Social Differentiation in Soviet Ideology — The End of the “National Question”: Ideological Decay and Ethnic Relations in the USSR — Changing Soviet Conceptions of International Security — Gorbachev’s “New Political Thinking” and Soviet National Security Policy — The Death of a Dream? Gorbachevist Revisions of Marxism-Leninism for the Third World — Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Seven scholars document and assess the content and the impact of the "new Soviet thinking" as it is reflected in official policy and in the writings of eminent Soviet scholars and thinkers. Their analyses reveal the breadth and depth of the movement for ideological change in the USSR. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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