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Politics and Society in the USSR by David Stuart Lane is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Politics and Society in the USSR about?
This widely adopted textbook has been extensively revised for the second edition.David Lane provides a thorough and wideranging introduction to modern Soviet society: its politics, economics and social structure. The text, statistics, tables and bibliography have been updated and new sections have been introduced to several chapters.To put the Soviet socialist state of the latetwentieth century into its proper perspective, Dr. Lane devotes the early chapters to a survey of Russian history and Marxist thought, and each subsequent topic is discussed with those historical and ideological backgrounds clearly in mind.The main parts of the book are concerned with the political, economic and social system, analysed from the standpoint of contemporary political science and sociology. The section on politics outlines theories of power and society in the USSR, the configuration of the political system, and the role of groups in the political process. This is followed by a section on economics, describing the structure and management of the economy, labour relations, and the standard of living. In the chapters on the social system, the author deals in detail with the notions of class and soci
Who reads Politics and Society in the USSR?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Stuart Lane
- Publisher
- London : M. Robertson
- Published
- 1978
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814749883
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Political Science, Government & Politics