Author

Publication

1999-06-12 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number98047534

Classifications

  • LCCJA76JC421-JC472.2JA1
  • LCCHN530.Z9 V649 1999

Description

Gorbachev's perestroika transformed Soviet society and politics. One of the most striking aspects of that transformation was the emergence of thousands of pressure groups, operating to a large extent outside communist party control. This book, the first on the subject, examines the most numerous of those groups: charities and self-help organizations which strove to achieve a more equitable deal for disabled people, veterans of the Afghan war, army conscripts, large families and other groups whose problems had been largely ignored by the Soviet regime.

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Other Editions

  • Democratization in Russia Under Gorbachev, 1985-91HardcoverPalgrave Macmillan1999-06-12

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