Title: Party, state, and citizen in the Soviet Union : a collection of documents /
Authors: Matthews, Mervyn.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Law Soviet Union; Constitutional law Soviet Union; Constitutional law Soviet Union Sources.; Police regulations Soviet Union Sources.
Abstract: The command system has long pervaded nearly every area of Soviet life. This volume documents the prescriptions and proscriptions that have governed everyday life in the Soviet Union policies that are currently undergoing reexamination and revision. Among the topics covered are voting and party organ --
Contents: 1. Voting in theory and practice -- 2. The practice of party control -- 3. Political crimes: controls and sanctions -- 4. Censorship activities -- 5. Internal passports, residence, and housing -- 6. Contacts with foreigners and travel abroad -- 7. Jobs and labor direction -- 8. Private enterprise and profit -- 9. Control of religious practices -- 10. Military service.