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S/P/510. Was reformed communism bound to fail?

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1750
DATE:
2011
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19.99 GBP

The paper looks at the economic decline of the Soviet Union during mid 1980s and the attempt of Russia’s leader Gorbachev to reform the Soviet system introducing ‘market socialism’. The views of political analysts on Gorbachev’s policies are discussed arguing whether communism was bound to fail.

 

KEYWORDS: Soviet Union, communism, Gorbachev, market socialism,

 
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