ABSTRACT

First published in 1990. This volume of The Soviet Union 1988/89- the tenth in a series appearing since 1973- attempts to describe dramatic developments in domestic policy, problems of economic development, and efforts to change course in foreign policy and alter the image of the USSR in the international system.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part One|113 pages

Domestic Policy

chapter 4|7 pages

Portrait of Gorbachev

chapter 7|6 pages

The KGB and Perestroika

chapter 11|11 pages

Culture in Perestroika

chapter 12|9 pages

Soviet Media Policy Since 1985

chapter 13|9 pages

The Ideology of Restructuring

part Two|92 pages

The Economy

chapter 18|10 pages

Reforms in Agriculture

part Three|108 pages

Foreign Policy