Soviet state and society under Nikita Khrushchev [electronic resource] / edited by Melanie Ilic and Jeremy Smith.
This book examines the social and cultural impact of the 'thaw' in Cold War relations, decision-making and policy formation in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev. With individual case studies exploring key aspects of Khrushchev's period of office, it offers an important new pers...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Series: | BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- The 1961 party programme and the fate of Khrushchev's reforms / Alexander Titov
- Khrushchev's promise to eliminate the urban housing shortage : rights, rationality and the communist future / Mark B. Smith
- The 1957 Moscow Youth Festival : propagating a new, peaceful image of the Soviet Union / Pia Koivunen
- The scientist, the pedagogue and the Party official : interest groups, public opinion and decision-making in the 1958 education reform / Laurent Coumel
- Lone mothers and fatherless children : public discourse on marriage and family law / Helene Carlbäck
- What did women want? Khrushchev and the revival of the zhensovety / Melanie Ilic
- Dismantling Stalin's fortress : Soviet trade unions in the Khrushchev era / Junbae Jo
- The changing face of repression under Khrushchev / Julie Elkner
- Voicing discontent : political dissent from the secret speech to Khrushchev's ouster / Robert Hornsby
- The Soviet military at Novocherkassk : the apex of military professionalism in the Khrushchev era? / Joshua Andy.