The Glasnost Papers
Title | The Glasnost Papers PDF eBook |
Author | Andrei Melville |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2019-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000301885 |
This unique compendium of Soviet thought and dialogue introduces Western readers to the broad range of current debates in the Soviet Union concerning the past, present, and future of the country and its people. Andrei Melville, the Soviet academic who spearheaded this work, is convinced that Mikhail Gorbachev's initiatives have led his country to the brink of a domestic transformation, one that will lead to an entirely new stage of development. Melville chronicles the societal ills— repression, crime, and apathy—and the structural flaws—corruption, a stagnant economy, a monolithic bureaucracy, a stifled flow of information—that have undermined the foundations of the existing system. In response to this crisis, Gorbachev conceived of the idea of perestroika— a program for the revolutionary restructuring of the whole of society, a wrenching process that has led to intense conflicts and strong disagreements between the guardians of the old and the proponents of the new. This book presents all facets of the debate, drawing on articles and letters extracted from dozens of major Soviet periodicals, including statements by political analysts, economists, historians, journalists, and writers, interspersed with excerpts from readers' letters published in the media. The extracts are placed in context by original essays that focus on the themes underlying all discussion of the implications of reform. The book paints a rich portrait of the diversity of opinions— from reformist to conservative—expressed in the public debates unleashed by glasnost.
The Glasnost Papers
Title | The Glasnost Papers PDF eBook |
Author | Gail Warshofsky Lapidus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780813309224 |
Glasnost Examined
Title | Glasnost Examined PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Soviet Union |
ISBN | 9780094197039 |
Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media
Title | Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media PDF eBook |
Author | Brian McNair |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2006-04-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134960220 |
The reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev have brought tumultuous change to political, social and economic life in the Soviet Union. But how have these changes affected Soviet press and television reporting? Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media examines the changing role of Soviet journalism from its theoretical origins in the writings of Marx and Lenin to the new freedoms of the Gorbachev era. The book includes detailed analysis of contemporary Soviet media output, as well as interviews with Soviet journalists.
Voices of Glasnost
Title | Voices of Glasnost PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen F. Cohen |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393307351 |
Interviews "from politicians and a poet to journalists, scholars, and an actor."
Gorbachev and Glasnost
Title | Gorbachev and Glasnost PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac J. Tarasulo |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780842023375 |
Thirty-three articles translated from Russian newspapers and magazines published in 1987 and 1988; twenty articles translated by the editor.
Gorbachev's Glasnost
Title | Gorbachev's Glasnost PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Gibbs |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780890968925 |
"In Gorbachev's Glasnost: The Soviet Media in the First Phase of Perestroika, author Joseph Gibbs traces the development of glasnost as both concept and policy, from the Leninist idea of "criticism and self-criticism" to Gorbachev's attempt to modernize and reinterpret that doctrine to fit his own political goals and aspirations."--BOOK JACKET.