The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future Vol. 1 by Alexander Shromas, Morton A. Kaplan

The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future Vol. 1

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Published in the United States by
Paragon House Publishers
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New York, New York 10011
Copyright © 1988 by Paragon House Publishers

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A Professors World Peace Academy book
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Soviet Union and the challenge of the future.
"A PWPA book."
Includes index.
Contents: v. 1. The Soviet system.
1. Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1945 -- -
Congresses. 2. Soviet Union -- Politics and govern-
ment -- 1945-- --Congresses. I. Shtromas,
Alexander, 1931-- II. Kaplan, Morton A.
HN523.5.S69 1987 306'.0947 87-6904
ISBN 0-943852-29-3 (v. 1)

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future. Volume: 1. Contributors: Alexander Shromas - editor, Morton A. Kaplan - editor. Publisher: Paragon Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1988. Page Number: iv.

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Part: 1 the Nature of the Soviet System

1: The Soviet System: Historical and Theoretical Evaluation

3: A Theoretical Evaluation Without Historical Contents: A Commentary on Section 1

4: Rejoinder to LÖkenthal's Commentary

5: The Necessary Conditions for Characterizing A State as Totalitarian: A Commentary on Section 1

6: On Totalitarianism and the Prospects for Institutionalized Revolution in the U.S.S.R. and China: A Commentary on Sections 1 and 2

8: Communism as A Cultural Phenomenon

9: Human Rights and the Soviet Future

Part II: Crisis of the Soviet System

1: The Coming Crisis in the Soviet Union

2: The Economic Crisis in the U.S.S.R. A Commentary on Section I

3: The Function and Fate of Law in the Transition to the Post-Soviet Era

Part III: Prospects for Transition

1: How the End of the Soviet System May Come About: Historical Precedents and Possible Scenarios

2: How the End of the Soviet System May Come About: A Commentary on Section 1

3: A Realistic VIsion of Change: A Commentary on Section I

Part IV: The Alternative

A. the VIsions 1 Images of the Soviet Future: The Western Scholarly Debate

2: Images of the Soviet Future: The émigré' and Samizdat Debate

B. the Proposals: Introduction to Section 1

1: The Passage to New Russia and Some Thoughts on Its Alternative Constitutional Order

2: Law and the Soviet State: Some Thoughts About the Future

3: Soviet Constitutional Law What Must Be Abolished Or Changed and What Can Be Retained?

4: Prospects for the Reception of Soviet Law After the Collapse of the Soviet System

Appendix American Research and Instruction on the Soviet Union: Some Reflections

Notes on Contributors

Index

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