02593cam a2200397 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020001500081027001800096035002000114037001100134040001900145043001200164050002500176100002600201245006700227264003700294300002600331336002600357337002600383337002800409338003600437338002700473500002800500504004100528520124700569530005801816588004701874610006501921651005401986710004802040710002202088710002602110856005902136rnd000000000047795RAND920212s1991    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a   91173903  a0833011367  aRAND/R-4001-A  a(Sirsi) a189019  c$20.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ae-ur--- 4aJN6598.K7b.R87 19911 aRush, Myron.eauthor.14aThe fate of the party apparatus under Gorbachev /cMyron Rush. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1991.  aix, 29 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"Arroyo Center"--Cover.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aFor most of its history, the Soviet political system has been dominated by the Communist Party's permanent staff--the party apparatus, or apparat. The apparat has been charged with executing such vital functions as managing the party apparatus itself, and recruiting persons with the requisite skills and political loyalties; controlling other institutions of the regime, choosing their leaders, and checking on their performance; servicing the Politburo, alerting it to the need for policy decisions, and drafting the directives required to activate the relevant institutions; and monitoring these massive and recalcitrant bureaucracies and ensuring that the party's directives are implemented. The apparat's performance in carrying out these functions is indicated by the sad state of the Soviet Union when Gorbachev became head of the party apparatus, the General Secretary, in 1985. In the following five years, Gorbachev moved from a concern with revitalizing the apparat to enable it to perform its traditional functions more effectively to a concern with emancipating the legislative and executive "branches" of the Soviet government from heavy-handed party control. This report traces Gorbachev's effort and assesses its consequences.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record.20aKommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uzaxHistory. 0aSoviet UnionxPolitics and governmenty1985-1991.2 aPolicy and Strategy Program (Arroyo Center)2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bArmy.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4001/