Contents

pp v-vi

List of figures

pp vii-vii

List of tables

pp viii-viii

List of contributors

pp ix-x

Foreword by R. C. Elwood

pp xi-xii

Preface by P. J. Potichnyj

pp xiii-xviii

Part 1 - Party apparat

pp 1-2

1 - The apparatchiki and Soviet political development

pp 3-25

2 - The primary party organizations of branch ministries

pp 26-47

3 - Soviet local party organs and the RAPOs

pp 48-64

Part 2 - Socialization and political discourse

pp 65-66

4 - Political socialization in the USSR: April 1979 and after

pp 67-86

5 - Political language and political change in the USSR: notes on the Gorbachev leadership

pp 87-106

6 - Soviet political discourse, narrative program and the Skaz theory

pp 107-120

7 - The nationality policy of the CPSU and its reflection in Soviet socio-political terminology

pp 121-141

8 - The evolution of the local soviets

pp 142-158

Part 3 - Social policy

pp 159-160

9 - Social deprivation under Soviet full employment

pp 161-178

10 - The Soviet social security system: its legal structure and fair hearings process

pp 179-200

11 - Abortion in the Soviet Union: why it is so widely practiced

pp 201-217

12 - Ethnic group divided: social stratification and nationality policy in the Soviet Union

pp 218-228

13 - The party and Russian nationalism in the USSR: from Brezhnev to Gorbachev

pp 229-244

Index

pp 245-251

Publications from the Third World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies

pp 252-253