Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism. It presents an analysis of the Soviet political system since the death of Stalin, and places considerable emphasis on the role of state, as distinct from Party, organisations – as the author contends that these are more important than commonly realised in the West.
1. Elements of Soviet Politics 2. Prelude to Revolution 3. The Bolshevik Revolution 4. The Unfinished Revolution 5. The Development of the Soviet State System 6. The Theory of the Soviet State 7. The Electoral System and the Electorate 8. The Supreme Soviet of the USSR 9. The Presidium and the Council of Ministers 10. The Economic Role of the Soviet State 11. Soviet Federalism 12. Soviet Local Government 13. Party and Class 14. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union 15. Party–State Relations 16. Soviet Foreign Policy 17. Soviet Democracy 18. The Post-Stalin Era
Biography
L.G. Churchward
