Governing Soviet Cities: Bureaucratic Politics and Urban Development in the U.S.S.R 0275286967, 9780275286965

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Governing Soviet Cities: Bureaucratic Politics and Urban Development in the U.S.S.R
0275286967, 9780275286965

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William Taubman

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
Contents
List of Tables
Glossary of Russian Terms
Chapter 1. The Lessons of Soviet Cities
City Government Is Politics
Technocrats Versus The Party?
Parallel Problems: The United States And The Soviet Union
The Bureaucratic Framework
Chapter 2. City Politics As Bureaucratic Politics
Interest Groups: East And West
Games Soviet Bureaucrats Play
Chapter 3. Promise And Reality
Shortcomings
An Historical Overview
Reforms And After
Chapter 4. Inside The City Soviet
Soviet And Executive Comittee
The City And Its Superiors
Chapter 5. The Public Interest Versus The Public Interest
Formal Powers
Structural Barriers
Chapter 6. The Party As Supermayor
Who Governs The Gorkom
The Party And The Soviet
The Party And Non-City Agencies
Chapter 7. New Cities: The Politics Of Company Towns
The Rewards Of Activism
Magnitogorsk-Locus Classicus
Novokuznetsk-Strong Mayoral Leadership: Its Impact And Limits
The Better Part Of Valor
Kramatorsk-Sensibly Realistic
Angarsk, Electrostal, Krivoi Rog-"We Cannot Do It!“
The Newest Cities
Apatity
The New Towns Of Tiumen Province
Chapter 8. The Small-City Syndrome
Province-Level Cities
District-Level Towns
Small-District Towns: Industry Wanted
Chapter 9. Politics In Province Centers
Lvov-The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Being A Province Capital
Kuibishev-Vicious Circle In A Province Capital
Kharkov And Krasnoiarsk: Gosplan Is The Villain
Urban Transit-The Politics Behind The Rush Hour
Theme And Variations: Who Is To Blame?
Chapter 10. Politics In Moscow And Leningrad
Industry Not Wanted
The Importance Of Being Zakazchik
Chapter 11. Who Governs?
Why?
Who Governs?
What Kind Of Pluralism?
What Kind Of Convergence?
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Appendixes
Bibliography
Soviet Materials
Books and Monographs
Documents, Statues, Resolutions, Speeches, and Reports
Articles
Non-Soviet Materials
Books and Monographs
Articles
About The Author

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