The Rush, Myron. creator author. Policy and Strategy Program (Arroyo Center) Rand Corporation United States Army. text bibliography cau 1991 monographic eng

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ix, 29 pages ; 23 cm 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. Myron Rush. "Arroyo Center"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. e-ur--- Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza History Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991 JN6598.K7 .R87 1991 0833011367 91173903 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4001/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4001/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047795