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010 _a 91173903
020 _a0833011367
027 _aRAND/R-4001-A
035 _a(Sirsi) a189019
037 _c$20.00
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050 4 _aJN6598.K7
_b.R87 1991
100 1 _aRush, Myron.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe fate of the party apparatus under Gorbachev /
_cMyron Rush.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1991.
300 _aix, 29 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Arroyo Center"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 2 0 _aKommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza
_xHistory.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xPolitics and government
_y1985-1991.
710 2 _aPolicy and Strategy Program (Arroyo Center)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4001/
999 _c598089
_d598089