Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. The Contributors V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents IX
5. The Soviet Political System: Transformation or Degeneration 1
6. Changes in Russia: The Need for Perspectives 35
7. A Muddling Evolution 45
8. The Realities of a Vision 49
9. A Bureaucracy Under Fire 56
10. Immobilism and Decay 65
11. Totalitarian Rule and Social Change 73
12. The Changes Ahead 89
13. The Crises Ahead 96
14. Beyond Libermanism 103
15. Evolution and Detente 109
16. The USSR and Eastern Europe 116
17. Roads to the Future 128
18. The Evolution of the Soviet System 135
19. Concluding Reflections 151
20. Bibliographical Note 164
21. Books Published by the Research Institute on Communist Affairs 165