Although there is an abundance of scholarly inquiry into the effects on the Soviet socialist system of the historic reforms under Gorbachev's administration, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact these reforms might have on socialism outside the Soviet Union. This book makes a preliminary assessment of the impact of glasnost, perestroika, and related Soviet reforms on selected socialist countries. The sampling of socialist countries studied are roughly representative of the types of socialist states in existence today. The countries studied include Poland, Czechoslovakia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and North Korea.The contributors to this volume approach their topics from varying perspectives, each singling out and examining different areas in the individual governments where the impact of Soviet reforms is likely to be strongest. The result is a number of varying conclusions regarding the effects of glasnost and perestroika on the socialist community. In some cases, the impact might be intentional and direct, part of a conscious policy adopted by the Soviet Union. In other cases, the impact may be indirect and even unintentional, given the complex and interdependent nature of world politics and economics. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in comparative politics, international relations, and communist studies will find this book a source of stimulating ideas about the rapidly changing face of socialism.
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Although there is an abundance of scholarly inquiry into the effects on the Soviet socialist system of the historic reforms under Gorbachev's administration, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact these reforms might have on socialism outside the Soviet Union.
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Introduction Poland and Czechoslovakia: Test Cases for Perestroika by David S. Mason Developing Socialism in the Soviet Union and China by J. Richard Walsh Cuba: Guarding the Revolution by Juan M. del Aquila The Impacts of "Restructuring" and "New Thinking" on Soviet-Vietnamese Relations by Daniel S. Papp. Glasnost and Afghanistan: The Mirage in the Desert by Stephen Blank Gorbachev and the Korean Issue by Roy U.T. Kim Assessing the Impact of Glasnost and Perestroika by Charles Bukowski Select Bibliography Index
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This book makes a preliminary assessment of the impact of glasnost, perestroika, and related Soviet reforms on selected socialist countries. The sampling of socialist countries studied are roughly representative of the types of socialist states in existence today--including Poland, Czechoslovakia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghan, and North Korea.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780275931308
Publisert
1990-02-15
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Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
187
Om bidragsyterne
CHARLES BUKOWSKI is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Studies at Bradley University. He was coeditor (with Mark A. Cichock, 1987) of Prospects for Change in Socialist Systems.
J. RICHARD WALSH is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wittenberg University . He is the author of Change, Continuity and Commitment: China's Adaptive Foreign Policy (1988).