The central leadership of the Soviet political system in Moscow is analyzed by a group of Western political researchers. The text covers the entire Soviet period from 1917 to the present day, but special emphasis is placed on the post-Stalin years and new developments of the 1980s.

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Book Title: Political Leadership in the Soviet Union
Editors: Archie Brown
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20262-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20262-1Published: 13 October 1989
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 245
Topics: Political Science

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Soviet Political Executive, 1917–1986

Putting Clients in Place: the Role of Patronage in Cooption into the Soviet Leadership

Political Processes and Generational Change

Policy Outside and Politics Inside

Power and Policy in a Time of Leadership Transition, 1982–1988

Conclusions

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