Title: Democratization in Russia Under Gorbachev, 1985-91
Description: Gorbachev's perestroika transformed Soviet society and politics. One of the most striking aspects of that transformation was the emergence of thousands of pressure groups, operating to a large extent outside communist party control. This book, the first on the subject, examines the most numerous of those groups: charities and self-help organizations which strove to achieve a more equitable deal for disabled people, veterans of the Afghan war, army conscripts, large families and other groups whose problems had been largely ignored by the Soviet regime.
Subjects: Gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-, Soviet union, politics and government, 1945-1991, Perestroĭka, Voluntarism, Pressure groups, Social conditions, Charities, Associations, institutions, History