The Soviet Union: Politics, economics, and society from Lenin to Gorbachëv (Marxist regimes series)

As a new generation is established in the Kremlin under Mikhail Gorbachev, they are confronted by formidable external and domestic problems in politics, economics and society. The new-found global role, economic slowdown, demographic imbalance, and demanding population combine to make the tasks of governing the Soviet Union greater than ever.
This book traces the regime's revolutionary background and surveys the path followed by the USSR from Lenin to Gorbachev. It outlines the social and economic transformations brought about by communist rule, analyses the system of communist party governement, and indicates the major problems that face the the people and their leaders as they gear up the country to face the twenty-first century.