Author: Gail Warshofsky Lapidus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Author: Linda J. Cook
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674828001
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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This book is the first critical assessment of the likelihood and implications of such a contract. Linda Cook pursues the idea from Brezhnev's day to our own, and considers the constraining effect it may have had on Gorbachev's attempts to liberalize the Soviet economy.

Author: Gail Warshofsky Lapidus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Author: Gordon B. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780333459188
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Horst Herlemann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000308812
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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"Quality of life" is a difficult concept to define, and particularly so when referring to the Soviet Union because Westerners have many preconceptions about Soviet living conditions. This volume goes a long way toward illuminating the realities of daily Soviet life and stands as an important contribution to our understanding of the Soviet Union. Contributors focus primarily on the relation of quality of life to living conditions but also discuss the quality and availability of state-provided services such as education, health care, and housing. Of special interest is their coverage of problems in Soviet society, including working conditions in factories, living conditions in rural areas, alcohol abuse, and the status of the elderly. Together these essays show that although the Soviet government has made great strides in improving the living conditions of its citizens, Soviet living standards and services are relatively poor by Western standards and several important social problems continue to burden the Soviet people.

Author: Vic George
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000519740
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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First published in 1980, Socialism, Social Welfare and the Soviet Union examines the views of Marx, Engels and Lenin on what constitutes a socialist form of provision of social security, income, education, health and housing. The authors discuss the implementation of these ideas in the Soviet Union since the 1917 Revolution in the context of economic and political development, and describe the social services in the Soviet Union, assessing the extent to which the original ideas have been matched by reality. They also briefly survey the views of several East European academic writers on social policy, outlining some distinctive features of social policy in the Eastern bloc. The authors’ general conclusion is that the Soviet Union has made great progress in social policy provision; from their research and from their visits in the course of writing this book, they show that the social services of the Soviet Union are as good as and, in some ways, more comprehensive than those of Western Europe. Equally important is their conclusion that a society in which the means of production and distribution are nationalised, and which makes a full provision of social services is not necessarily a socialist society. This book will appeal to students of sociology, political science and area studies.

Author: Leslie Holmes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199551545
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.

Author: Bernice Q. Madison
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Morton Schwartz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520040946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Robert J. McMahon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198859546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.