Communist parties revisited sociocultural approaches to party rule in the Soviet bloc, 1956-1991 9781785337765, 9781785337772, 1785337777

Table of contents :
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Communist Parties Revisited: Socio-Cultural Approaches to Party Rule in the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1991 Ruediger Bergien and Jens GiesekeChapter 1. The Paradox of Party Discipline in the Khrushchev-Era Communist PartyEdward CohnChapter 2. "It is not possible to allow past mistakes to come again." Recruitment Policy in the CPCS in the 1970s and 1980sMichel ChristianChapter 3. Behind Closed Doors: The Erosion of SED Party Life in the 1980sSabine PannenChapter 4. The Successive Dissolution of the "Uncivil Society." Tracking SED Party Members in Opinion Polls and Secret Police Reports, 1969-1989Jens GiesekeChapter 5. On the Way to Party Pluralism? The PZPR and the Reform of the Socialist Party System in 1988-1989Frederic ZalewskiChapter 6. Communist Party Apparatuses as Steering Organizations: Paths of Development in East Central EuropeChristoph BoyerChapter 7. The Central Committee Department of Party Organs under KhrushchevAlexander TitovChapter 8. True Believers Becoming Funded Experts? Personnel Profile and Political Power in the SED Central Committee's Sectoral Apparatus, 1946-89Ruediger BergienChapter 9. Paternalism in Local Practice: The Logic of Repression, Ideological Hegemony and the Everyday Management of Society in an SED Local SecretariatAndrea BahrChapter 10. The SED Bezirk Secretaries as Brokers of Territorial Interests in the GDRJay RowellChapter 11. The Idea of Social Unity and its Influence on the Mechanisms of a Totalitarian Regime in the Years 1956-1980Krzysztof DabekChapter 12. Foreign Policymaking and Party-State Relations in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era Mark KramerChapter 13. Erich Honecker - The "Leading Representative." A Generational PerspectiveMartin SabrowChapter 14. Inside the System The CPSU Central Committee, Mikhail Gorbachev's Komanda and the End of Communist Rule in Russia.Jan C. BehrendsChapter 15. The Ironies of Membership: The Ruling Communist Party in Comparative PerspectivePadraic KenneyIndex

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