TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kotz, David M.
AU  - Weir, Fred
TI  - Revolution from above: the demise of the soviet system
SN  - 9780415143165
U1  - 338.947 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Soviet Union--Former Soviet republics
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 1. Introduction --

pt. I. The Soviet system. 
2. Socialism and the Soviet system. 
3. Growth, stagnation, and the origins of perestroika --

pt. II. Perestroika and the demise of the Soviet system. 
4. Glasnost and the intelligentsia. 
5. Economic reform. 
6. Democratization. 
7. The party-state elite and the pro-capitalist coalition. 
8. The struggle for power --
pt. III. Aftermath of the Soviet demise. 
9. Shock therapy. 
10. The results of shock therapy. 
11. Russia's political evolution. 
12. Lessons for the future of socialism
ER  -