The Soviet Union under Brezhnev (Seminar Studies)

✍ Scribed by William J. Tompson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 199
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chronology
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
1. THE SOVIET UNION AT THE END OF THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA
The Fall of Nikita Khrushchev
The New Leaders
Soviet Society a Decade After Stalin's Death
The Soviet Union and the World in 1964
PART TWO: ANALYSIS
2. LEADERSHIP POLITICS
High Politics and Brezhnev's Consolidation of Power
Brezhnev as Politician: Mannequin or Machiavellian?
'Two Brezhnevs'?
The Soviet Elite in the Brezhnev Era
3. POLICY-MAKING IN THE BREZHNEV ERA
Brezhnev as Policy-maker: From Consensus to Stagnation?
The Role of the Politburo and Secretariat
Taking Advice: Information, Institutions and Expertise
Policy-making in Practice: The Case of Arms Control
4. FOREIGN POLICY FROM CUBA TO HELSINKI
The Defence Build-up of the 1960s
Managing the Bloc
War in Vietnam and US-Soviet Relations
The Road to Superpower Detente
China
The Soviet Union and the Developing World
The Era of High Detente
5. FROM HELSINKI TO THE SECOND COLD WAR
Arms Control and Trade
Detente Under Strain
China
Afghanistan
Poland
Conflicting Expectations and the Failure of Detente
After Détente
6. ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER BREZHNEV AND KOSYGIN
Soviet Industry Under the Kosygin Reforms and After
The Limits of Reform
Soviet Agriculture in the Brezhnev Era
Blind Spots in Economic Policy and the 'Obsession with Growth'
7. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Growth Performance Under Brezhnev and Kosygin
The Failure of the Centrally Planned Economy
Detente, Foreign Trade and the 'Scientific and Technical Revolution'
Living Standards and Household Welfare
8. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
Urbanisation and Education
The 'Social Contract' Under Strain
Emerging Demographic Problems
Nationalities Policy Under Brezhnev
9. CULTURE AND IDEAS
Culture High and Low
The Crackdown on Dissent
The Changing Nature of Dissidence
Growing Room for 'Permitted Heterodoxy'
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT
10. BREZHNEV'S LEGACY TO GORBACHEV
Brezhnev's Twilight
The Andropov Interregnum
The Chernenko Interlude
State and Society at the End of the Brezhnev Era
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS
Glossary
Who's Who
Guide to Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
Series Title