02593cam a2200397 i 4500 rnd000000000047795 RAND 920212s1991 cau b 000 0 eng d 91173903 0833011367 RAND/R-4001-A (Sirsi) a189019 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR e-ur--- JN6598.K7 .R87 1991 Rush, Myron. author. The fate of the party apparatus under Gorbachev / Myron Rush. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. ix, 29 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "Arroyo Center"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. For 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza History. Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991. Policy and Strategy Program (Arroyo Center) Rand Corporation. United States. Army. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4001/ 598089 598089