PERESTROIKA

pərˈĕstroyˈkə, Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika [restructuring] was the term attached to the attempts (1985–91) by Mikhail Gorbachev to transform the stagnant, inefficient command economy of the Soviet Union into a decentralized market-oriented economy. Industrial managers and local government and party officials were granted greater autonomy, and open elections were introduced in an attempt to democratize the Communist party organization. By 1991, perestroika was on the wane, and after the failed August Coup of 1991 was eclipsed by the dramatic changes in the constitution of the union.

See M. Gorbachev, Perestroika (1988); E. A. Hewett and V. H. Winston, ed., Milestones in Glasnost and Perestroyka (1991).

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What Went Wrong with Perestroika
Book by Marshall I. Goldman; W. W. Norton, 1992
Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich--1931-, Perestroika, Russia (Federation)--Politics And Government--1991-, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1985-1991
...1987, it was apparent that combining perestroika and glasnost was like mixing sulfuric...excesses. Given Gorbachevs approach to perestroika, it was hard to see when, if at all...difficult as it might be to implement either perestroika or glasnost separately, when they are...
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Conversations with Gorbachev: On Perestroika, the Prague Spring, and the Crossroads of Socialism
Book by Mikhail Gorbachev, Zdenek Mlynar, George Shriver; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--History--Intervention, 1968, Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich--1931---Interviews, Mlynar, Zdenek--Interviews, Perestroika, Socialism
...also be used by those supporters of perestroika who have a critical attitude for example...attempt to discredit the policies of perestroika. The writer in fact condemned the reformers...recall a Soviet film that appeared before perestroika. It was entitled The Crew and told...
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Why Perestroika Failed: The Politics and Economics of Socialist Transformation
Book by Peter J. Boettke; Routledge, 1993
...November of 1988 that she had lost faith in perestroika. Western intellectuals had not framed their questions concerning the ability of perestroika to succeed correctly. The real question...there was anything in content within perestroika that compelled people to believe. I...
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Perestroika: A Comparative Perspective
Book by Avraham Shama; Praeger Publishers, 1992
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Economic Conditions--1989-, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1989-, Perestro?Ika, Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1985-1991, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1985-1991
1 A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST IN THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE Avraham Shama Perestroika and glasnost have unleashed winds...coup of August 15, 1991. The terms perestroika and glasnost were coined by Mikhail...
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Beyond Perestroika: The Future of Gorbachev's USSR
Book by Ernest Mandel; Verso, 1989
Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich--1931-, Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1975-1985, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1985-1991
...conference. In agriculture and services perestroika amounts to a partial reprivatization...NEP, the goal of which is clear. Perestroika has an altogether different significance...explains also their very real fear that perestroika may actually fail. From the point of...
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Perestroika and the Challenge of Democracy in Russia
Journal article by Richard Sakwa; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 13, 2005
Subjects: Communism, Democracy, Gorbachev, Mikhail S, Government, Ideology, International, Leadership, Perestroika, Politics, Presidents, Putin, Vladimir, Russia, Social conditions & trends, Sovereignty, Yeltsin, Boris
Perestroika and the Challenge of Democracy in Russia...reform of the Soviet system, dubbed perestroika (reconstruction) by Mikhail Gorbachev...which the processes that operated during perestroika shaped the postcommunist Russian system...
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The Hazards of Half-measures: Perestroika and the Failure of Post-soviet Democratization
Journal article by M. Steven Fish; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 13, 2005
Subjects: Democracy, Economic reform, Economics, Failure, Gorbachev, Mikhail S, Government, International, Legislatures, Perestroika, Politics, Russia, Trade liberalization
...The Hazards of Half-measures: Perestroika and the Failure of Post-soviet Democratization by M. Steven Fish Perestroika was the most dramatic chapter in...Despite its momentousness, however, perestroika did not fulfill what was arguably...
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Perestroika and Its Impact on the Soviet Labor Market
Journal article by Horst Brand; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 114, 1991
Subjects: Economic development--Political aspects, Perestroika--Economic aspects, Soviet Union--Economic aspects
Perestroika and its impact on the Soviet labor market...assess, respectively, the success of perestroika and the Soviet transition to a market...production of consumer goods. The policy of perestroika, initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in...
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Forced Migration and Mortality in the Very Long Term: Did Perestroika Affect Death Rates Also in Finland?*
Journal article by Jan Saarela, Fjalar Finnäs; Demography, Vol. 46, 2009
Subjects: Finland, Growth rate, Long term, Migration, Mortality, Perestroika, Studies
...Mortality in the Very Long Term: Did Perestroika Affect Death Rates Also in Finland...shift in the public discussion came with perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachevs program for economic...socialist countries in Eastern Europe, perestroika made it possible to discuss sensitive...
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Perestroika Began in Prague
Journal article; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 17, 2009
Perestroika Began in Prague INTERVIEW WITH YEVGENY...the first drafts of Gorbachevs book Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the...new way of thinking in Moscow during Perestroika. Many in this circle coincided in Prague...
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Perestroika and After: Comrade Ligachev Tells His Side
Magazine article by Katrina Vanden Heuvel; The Nation, Vol. 253, December 2, 1991
Subjects: Ligachev, Yegor--Interviews, Perestroika--Analysis, Soviet Union--Politics and government
Perestroika and After: Comrade Ligachev Tells His...understood, political figures in the perestroika drama that began to unfold in the Soviet...Number 2 leader as the archrival of perestroika, a die-hard conservative, even a...
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Perestroika and the Future of Socialism
Magazine article; Monthly Review, Vol. 41, April 1990
Subjects: Capitalism--Analysis, Gorbachev, Mikhail--Evaluation, Perestroika--Analysis, Social change, Socialism--Forecasts and trends, Soviet Union--Economic aspects
Perestroika and the Future of Socialism. PERESTROIKA AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM--PART TWO Last month in...Soviet Union that preceded and led up to glasnost and perestroika. The facts on the severity of the crisis that emerged...
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Gorbachev's Opposition: The Foes of Perestroika Sound Off
Magazine article by Dev Murarka; The Nation, Vol. 246, May 21, 1988
Subjects: Communist Party (Soviet Union)--Social policy, Gorbachev, Mikhail--Social policy, Perestroika--Analysis, Soviet Union--Social policy
Gorbachevs Opposition: The Foes of Perestroika Sound Off. by Dev Murarka On the eve...the election of "active supporters of perestroika" to the meeting that could decide its...intelligentsia toward de-Stalinization and perestroika, one must look back to last autumn...
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Perestroika Radicals: The Origins and Ideology of the Soviet New Left
Magazine article by Patrick Flaherty; Monthly Review, Vol. 40, September 1988
Subjects: Perestroika--Analysis, Radicalism, Soviet Union--Social policy
Perestroika Radicals: The Origins and Ideology...explore this universal dimension of perestroika by concentrating on the activity of...state administration. The launching of perestroika immediately prompted many liberals and...
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Mikhail Gorbachev and Perestroika
Magazine article by Peter Hylarides; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Autumn 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Seven Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Mikhail Gorbachev and Perestroika. by Peter Hylarides Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in perspective. Archie Brown. Oxford University...pages. ISBN 978-0-19-928215-9. The Perestroika era in the Soviet Union effectively ended...
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Resolution Second Part of Kushner's Epic Lives Up to Expectations
Newspaper article by Barbara Vitello; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 14, 2006
...Herald Staff Writer "Angels in America: Perestroika" * * * * out of four Location: Bailiwick...crafted "Angels in America." "Perestroika" is equally impressive. And funnier...direction focused and brisk, but "Perestroika" looks nothing like its artfully minimal...
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The World According to Gorbachev; Sees Enlightened Leadership as Sparking Wide Change
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 17, 2009
Subjects: Leadership
...Mikhail Gorbachev launch glasnost and perestroika in the mid-1980s with the aim of bringing...leaders for not coming up with their own perestroika. As a result, chaos broke out and...regions. But all the banners screamed perestroika, democracy, change. A former Polish...
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For the Love of Raisa
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 31, 2007
Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail, Putin, Vladimir
...freedom and openness (glasnost and perestroika) led to calls for independence from...philosophical and wonders if his own policy of perestroika and the liberal reforms of his successor...everyone who, in the past, blamed perestroika and then accused Yeltsin for being too...
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Fidel Steps Aside, but Repression Persists; Raoul Provides Few Changes
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 21, 2008
...the route he took - via glasnost and perestroika, economic and political opening - led...aspect of Mikhail Gorbachevs reforms - perestroika - which was really more important. Perestroika meant freedom of expression, the publication...
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Gorbachev Calls for World Unity on Standard Visit
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 12, 2009
...reform programmes of "glasnost" and "perestroika" -- openness and reconstruction...He said: "America needs its own perestroika right now and the problems he is dealing...LONDONERS DIARY: PAGE 16 ... Perestroika: Mikhail Gorbachev addresses journalists...
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Perestroika
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERESTROIKA p r estroy k , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika restructuring was the term attached to the...Communist party organization. By 1991, perestroika was on the wane, and after the failed August...
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...CPSU in Mar., 1985. Glasnost and Perestroika Gorbachev inherited a country with daunting...called glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring"), were expected...increasing pressure to slow glasnost and perestroika. The countrys troubles continued...
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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...liberalization under the slogans of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring"). The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl...the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. By 1990, however, Gorbachevs perestroika program had failed to deliver significant improvement in...
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Glasnost
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and West. Gorbachev hoped that a candidness about the state of the country would accelerate his perestroika program. See M. Gorbachev, Perestroika (1988); E. A. Hewett and V. H. Winston, ed., Milestones in Glasnost and Perestroyka...
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Communist Party , in Russia and the Soviet Union
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gorbachev became general secretary (1985) ushering in a period of reform characterized by glasnost, or openness, and perestroika, or restructuring. The reforms increasingly destabilized the governing system, however, eliciting demands for ever more...
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