Collective leadership in Soviet politics / Graeme Gill.
2018
JN6531 .G55 2018eb
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Title
Collective leadership in Soviet politics / Graeme Gill.
Author
Gill, Graeme J., author.
ISBN
9783319769622 (electronic book)
3319769626 (electronic book)
9783319769615
3319769618
3319769626 (electronic book)
9783319769615
3319769618
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
JN6531 .G55 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.947
Summary
This book studies the way in which the top leadership in the Soviet Union changed over time from 1917 until the collapse of the country in 1991. Its principal focus is the tension between individual leadership and collective rule, and it charts how this played out over the life of the regime. The strategies used by the most prominent leader in each period - Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev - to acquire and retain power are counterposed to the strategies used by the other oligarchs to protect themselves and sustain their positions. This is analyzed against the backdrop of the emergence of norms designed to structure oligarch politics. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in the fields of political leadership, Soviet politics and Soviet history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 26, 2018).
Series
Palgrave studies in political leadership series.
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Collective leadership in Soviet politics.
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