The collapse of a single-party system
Subtitle: the disintegration of the CPSU
By: Graeme Gill.
Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies ;; 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Kommunisticheskai͡a︡ partii͡a︡ Sovetskogo Soi͡u︡za -- History.; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.
Description: "In this book Graeme Gill traces the disintegration of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. The first book to follow the debates in the party over the implications of Gorbachev's reforms and how the party should respond to them, this study is also an in-depth analysis of the institutional dynamics of a party under pressure, showing how Gorbachev's reforms and the new political forces that grew up in their wake created disunity and fragmentation that ultimately led to the collapse of the most powerful single-party state in history."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-250) and index.