To Be or Not to Be in the Party Communist Party Membership in the USSR

In March of 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Seviet Union. Initially, one could discern serious changes in the policy and statements of this new, young, and obviously efficient leader only with great difficulty. While abroad, Gorbachev had said that anti-Stalinism was a form of anti-Commu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glazov, Yuri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
Series:Sovietica
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One Why do People join the Communist Party?
  • Two The Top Hierarchy of Party Members
  • Three The Middle-Level Party Layer
  • Four The Rank and File of the Party
  • Five Expulsion from the Party
  • Six Women in the Party
  • Seven Non-Party Members
  • Eight The Party and the KGB
  • Nine The Party as a Myth
  • Ten The People’s Attitudes and the Future of the Party
  • Notes