Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: The Soviet System 2. Socialism and the Soviet System 3. Growth, Stagnation, and the Origins of Perestroika Part 2: Perestroika and the Demise of the Soviet System 4. Glasnost and the Intelligentsia 5. Economic Reform 6. Democratization 7. The Party-state Elite and the Pro-capitalist Coalition 8. The Struggle for Power Part 3: The Socioeconomic and Political Evolution of Post-Soviet Russia 9. The Neoliberal Transition Strategy 10. The Emergence of a Quasi-capitalist System in Russia 11. A New Authoritarian Political System 12. Lessons from the Demise of the Soviet System

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David Kotz, Fred Weir