Politics and the Soviet System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Fathers and Sons: The Dialectics of Soviet Studies

   • Thomas F. Remington

   Pages 1-11

3. Understanding the World: the Cognitive Grid of Soviet Television News

   • Ellen Mickiewicz

   Pages 12-28

4. Religion and Youth in the Soviet Union

   • David E. Powell

   Pages 29-55

5. Gorbachev and the Strategy of Glasnost’

   • Thomas F. Remington

   Pages 56-82

6. Soviet Bureaucratic Politics: The Role of Leaders and of Lower Officials

   • Charles H. Fairbanks Jr.

   Pages 83-118

7. Allocation Politics and the Arms Race: A Soviet Constituency for Arms Control

   • Morris McCain

   Pages 119-138

8. Regional Aspects of Policy Innovation in the Soviet Union

   • Darrell Slider

   Pages 139-169

9. Model Fitting in Communism Studies

   • Gabriel A. Almond, Laura Roselle

   Pages 170-224

10. Back Matter

    Pages 225-235

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This collection of essays focuses on topics pertaining to Soviet propaganda and policy making. Among the essays, there is a study of the view of international relations presented by Soviet TV news, a survey of development in comparative communist studies, and an analysis of recent changes.

• communism
• international relations
• Policy
• politics

• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

  Thomas F. Remington

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