Ideology, Politics, and Government in the Soviet Union - An Introduction - 3rd Edition

Praeger Publishers, NY, 1974
Note - scruffy copy with a small number of notes and underlinings

The book begins with a survey of those elements in the Russian past that relate to the political system at the time of writing, and the underlying ideology. A brief but thorough exposition of the formal structure of Societ political and legal instutions, with emphasis on the Communist Party. Recent alterations in Party organization and new trends in instruments of broad social control are covered. There is a chapter on planning and the economy which considers the last attempts to satisfy consumer and capital needs and the revitalize Russian agriculture. The nationalities issue is assessed, along with how Soviet foreign policy is affected by domestic necessities. A new chapter deals with the USSR and the international environment, with an examination of relations between the Soviet Union and the West, the Third World, and China...