The Destruction of the Soviet Union

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 1-4

3. Historical Materialism and the State

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 5-23

4. Globalization

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 24-53

5. The Soviet State and its Rulers

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 54-74

6. Globalization and the Soviet State

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 75-90

7. The Problem of Reform

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 91-108

8. The Gorbachev Restructuring

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 109-126

9. The Collapse

   • David Lockwood

   Pages 127-143

10. China and Vietnam

    • David Lockwood

    Pages 144-163

11. State-Controlled Economies: South Korea and Indonesia

    • David Lockwood

    Pages 164-177

12. Conclusion

    • David Lockwood

    Pages 178-188

13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-264

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Is there a link between the collapse of the Soviet Union, the radical reforms in China and Vietnam, and the current crisis in East Asia? David Lockwood argues that the common factor in each is the crisis of state-controlled economies, besieged by the developing forces of globalization. This book examines the collapse of the Soviet Union not as the 'end of history', or the beginning of a 'new world order', but as an illustration of processes that are taking place the world over. The author concludes that it was globalization that brought down the communist system. Globalization continues to threaten state-controlled economies - from the remaining 'socialist' state to the NICs of East Asia.

• China
• communism
• East Asia
• globalization
• reforms
• russian and post-soviet politics

• Flinders University of South Australia, Australia

  David Lockwood

David Lockwood is Associate Professor and Head of History at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and the author of books on the Soviet Union and Modern Indian History.

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