S/P/10. "On a range of indicators, the USSR was a highly participatory society" (Sakwa). What forms did political participation take during the Brezhnev years, and did such participation best serve the interests of the people of the regime?

In this essay I intend to cover the main forms in which Brezhnev used participation, from the low levels of the general public up to the party itself, whilst also judging whether the participation used during the Brezhnev era was best for the people or the party itself. Under Khrushchev the participation within the USSR was certainly present and he appeared to be pushing for the participation of citizens to increase, with his constant use of "all-people's state"1, but once his fall from power occurred the view of participation and general politics seemed to alter…..