Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 ∕ What Can a Radical Reform Mean in the USSR?; Gorbachev and Previous Attempts at Reform; The Past and Its Role in the Reform Process of the USSR; The Economy, Politics, and Ideology; 2 ∕ How Can the Political Institutions in the USSR Be Reformed?; The Role of the Communist Party in the Reform of the Soviet System; Institutional Possibilities for the Expression of Different Viewpoints; The Law-Based State in the Soviet System; 3 ∕ International Aspects of the Soviet Reform Program
Soviet ""New Political Thinking" and Its Significance for East-West RelationsThe Impact of Reform on the Soviet Bloc; Postscript: The Problems of the Soviet Reforms in 1989; Notes; Index