ABSTRACT
This book is an outcome of the 'Nineteenth All-Union Party conference, convened on Gorbachev's initiative. The conference recommends that, taking account of the new realities, legislation pertaining to union and autonomous republics and autonomous oblasts and okrugs should be developed and renewed.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |65 pages
Introduction
part One|29 pages
Setting the Stage for the Conference May 1988
part Two|86 pages
Opening Day 28 June 1988
part Three|70 pages
The Second Day 29 June 1988
chapter 29|5 pages
G. Arbatov Proposes Socialist Competition, Responds to Abalkin
FBIS-SOV-88-127, 1 July 1988
chapter 30|5 pages
B. V. Kachura Calls for Legislation Supporting Democratization
FBIS-SOV-88-128, 5 July 1988
part Four|56 pages
The Third Day 30 June 1988
part Five|98 pages
Closing Day 1 July 1988
chapter 50|6 pages
A. A. Melnikov Supports Publication of Party Standings
FBIS-SOV-88-129, 6 July 1988
chapter 54|12 pages
Gorbachev’s Concluding Speech: An Assessment of Conference Activities
FBIS-SOV-88-128, 5 July 1988
part Six|79 pages
Post-Conference Discussion, Evaluation, and Effects July—October 1988
chapter 60|2 pages
Ligachev’s Gorkiy Speech: A Response to Shevardnadze, 5 August
FBIS-SOV-88-151, 5 August 1988
chapter 62|12 pages
The Conservative Offensive: Chebrikov on the KGB
FBIS-SOV-88-171, 2 September 1988