ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a partial model of the collapse of the Soviet-type system. It emphasizes the conflicting interests between the corporate entity and workers. The chapter examines the revolts in the German Democratic Republic in 1953; in Hungary in 1956; and in Poland in 1968, 1970, 1976 and 1980. It examines that the members of the corporate entity comprised a ruling class which exploited the workers, the professionals and the intellectuals. The chapter presents an analysis of postulated interests. It discusses the partial model according to which members of the groups experience structures of institutional incentives for following their postulated interests in fighting for change. The chapter discusses the corporate entity to be a ruling class excludes the possibility of the Soviet-type system being "socialist" in the Marxian sense of the term. It follows the rationalist tradition of examining the institutional incentives of actors. The chapter discusses the traditional dichotomy between objective and subjective interests.
