ABSTRACT

This is an up-to-the-minute revised edition of a text which, since its publication in 1990, has been extremely influential. The great changes of the past 18 months have entailed a comprehensive updating of the book. This edition takes account of new developments that include the independence of the Baltic states and the treaty which sparked 1991's attempted coup.

chapter 1|20 pages

CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF SOVIET SOCIETY

part |2 pages

Part One THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK

chapter 2|34 pages

KHOZRASCHET

chapter 4|38 pages

PLYURALIZM: TOWARD CIVIL SOCIETY?

part |2 pages

Part Two SOCIAL CLASSES AND GROUPS

chapter 5|38 pages

THE CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE

chapter 6|66 pages

NATIONALITIES AND ETHNIC RELATIONS

part |2 pages

Part Three SOCIAL CONTROL

part |2 pages

Part Four CONCLUSIONS

chapter 11|18 pages

PERESTROIKA: NEW BEGINNINGS