Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics collects together 25 previously out-of-print titles to form an important reference work on the state of politics in the Soviet Union from its beginnings up to Gorbachev. It looks at the Communist Party, local government, the Politburo, the rulers of the Soviet Union and their vying for power, the means of control, local politics, foreign policy and much more besides.
Communism in Transition: The End of the Soviet Empires
1st Edition
By Amos Yoder
August 01, 2025
Communism in Transition (1993) examines the mainstays of Communist ideology, and goes on to look at the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, and in Eastern Europe. It also analyses Asian and Latin American Communist systems and their challenges to the non-Communist world, and concludes by ...
Constitutional Development in the USSR: A Guide to the Soviet Constitutions
1st Edition
By Aryeh L. Unger
August 01, 2025
Constitutional Development in the USSR (1981) looks at the political institutions and practices of the Soviet state through the prism of its own constitutional texts. It contains the texts of all four Soviet constitutions, and a chapter of commentary precedes each text. An overall assessment of ...
Contemporary Soviet Government
1st Edition
By L.G. Churchward
August 01, 2025
Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism. It presents an analysis of the Soviet political system since the death of Stalin, and places considerable emphasis on the role of state, as distinct from ...
Gorbachev at the Helm: A New Era in Soviet Politics?
1st Edition
Edited
By R.F. Miller, J.H. Miller, T.H. Rigby
August 01, 2025
Gorbachev at the Helm (1987) analyses the policy decisions taken at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February–March 1986, declared at the time by the Soviet government as a major turning point in Soviet history. It considers the importance of the changes for a number ...
Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Nina T. Nechaeva
August 01, 2025
Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union’s attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers. Prominent Soviet scientists show that by making use of ecological resources alone – particularly moisture ...
Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control
1st Edition
By Cameron Ross
August 01, 2025
Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union’s limited success in improving local government between in the 1960s to 1980s, as the country made a drive toward centralized policy control. It examines the institutional framework and changes in crucial policy areas, and argues...
Soviet Communism: Programme and Rules
1st Edition
By Stephen White
August 01, 2025
Soviet Communism (1989) contains the full text of the 1986 new and significantly revised foundational documents of Soviet Communism, the Programme and Party Rules – changes agreed following Mikhail Gorbachev’s call for the radical and democratic reform of the Party and of the Soviet political ...
Soviet Local Politics and Government
1st Edition
Edited
By Everett M. Jacobs
August 01, 2025
Soviet Local Politics and Government (1983) examines the local government system of the Soviet Union, an important part of the great bureaucracy that ran the country. The leading experts contributing to this book look at the wide range of duties that the local soviets managed, including supervision...
Soviet Russia: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Jacob Miller
August 01, 2025
Soviet Russia (1955) discusses the origins and growth of Russian industry, in particular the emergence of a large modern working class and administrative class since the war, how the factories and farms are run, the wage systems, and the plans. The development of farming is described, especially ...
Soviet Socialism: Social and Political Essays
1st Edition
By L.G. Churchward
August 01, 2025
Soviet Socialism (1987) is based on the author’s specialized knowledge of many aspects of Soviet politics, including local government, the Communist Party and the Soviet intelligentsia. Written originally after the death of Brezhnev, in the Andropov-Chernenko interregnum, the essays were revised to...
Soviet Success: An Account of Soviet Russia Today
1st Edition
By Hewlett Johnson
August 01, 2025
Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War. The author met Stalin, Molotov and other leading personalities in Russia, and here records his conversations with them in full detail. The book looks at the destruction caused by the war, and the state of the economy and ...
Soviet Succession Struggles: Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev
1st Edition
By Anthony D'Agostino
August 01, 2025
Soviet Succession Struggles (1988) is a key study of the history, nature and development of Soviet politics and politicians from the earliest days of Soviet Russia up to the rise of Gorbachev. It examines the power struggles between opposing factions within the Soviet leadership, and identifies two...