{"product_id":"stalins-successors-leadership-stability-and-change-in-the-soviet-union-paperback-9780521289061","title":"Stalin's Successors; Leadership, Stability and Change in the Soviet Union (Paperback) 9780521289061","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStalin's Successors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLeadership, Stability and Change in the Soviet Union\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSeweryn Bialer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521289061, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 April 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2 cm, 0.527 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It is salutary to have a work that asks us to set aside our penchant for facile or ideologically motivated assumptions, and to see the USSR in a dispassionate and icily objective manner.' Washington Post\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which the structure and process of Soviet politics have been transformed since Stalin's death, and particularly during the years of the Brezhnev regime. In explaining the Soviet Union's political stability, the author analyzes the Soviet combination of harsh authoritarian rule with political flexibility in the treatment of its citizens, and he describes the social processes that contribute to this stability. He also analyzes the Soviet perception of the current international situation and discusses trends in Soviet foreign policy, including the imbalance between military power on the one hand and political, economic, ideological, and cultural resources on the other. Professor Bialer explains the Soviet concept of détente and explores the difference between Soviet and American perceptions of this process. A major part of the work is devoted to an examination of the imminent succession of the Soviet leadership. The book gives a profile of the new generation of potential leaders and identifies the characteristics that make them different form those whom they will replace. The Soviet leadership, while embroiled in its succession struggle, will have to make difficult decisions concerning the allocation of national resources and overall changes in management, planning, and incentives. Professor Bialer concludes by analyzing the kinds of economic reform that could make the problems manageable and the conditions under which the new Soviet leadership will need to institute reforms.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Stalinism and the Soviet Political System: 1. The mature Stalinist system\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stalin and the Soviet Political elite\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stalinism and the evolution of the Soviet polity\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Succession and Turnover of Soviet Elites: 4. The approaching succession: the top leader\u003cbr\u003e 5. The approaching succession: leadership and elite turnover\u003cbr\u003e 6. The approaching succession: generational change\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Nature and Extent of Soviet Political Stability: 7. Stability: analytical considerations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Soviet stability and its sources\u003cbr\u003e 9. Soviet political stability and the question of legitimacy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Soviet stability and the national problem\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Soviet Perceptions of International Affairs and Trends in Soviet Foreign Policy: 11. The Centrality of US-Soviet relations\u003cbr\u003e 12. The arms race and the correlation of forces\u003cbr\u003e 13. The role of the military factor in international relations\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Third World and the translation of power into influence\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Prospects for the 1980s: 15. The politics of stringency\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Postwar%2020th%20century%20history,%20from%20c%201945%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW3%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW3\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913215107352,"sku":"9780521289061","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/stalins-successors-leadership-stability-and-change-in-the-soviet-union-paperback-9780521289061","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}