Renewal and dead souls: the changing Soviet Central Committee

Mawdsley, E. and White, S.L. (1990) Renewal and dead souls: the changing Soviet Central Committee. British Journal of Political Science, 20(4), pp. 537-542. (doi: 10.1017/S0007123400005974)

Abstract

For a Soviet General Secretary presumably committed to the collectivist principles of Marxism-Leninism, Mikhail Gorbachev has been peculiarly insistent upon the decisive importance of individual leadership. In speech after speech it was not only the socioeconomic order that Gorbachev held to be the source of the Soviet Union's problems: the quality and style of its political leadership were also crucial factors.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: White, Professor Stephen and Mawdsley, Professor Evan
• Authors: Mawdsley, E., and White, S.L.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History; College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
• Journal Name: British Journal of Political Science
• Journal Abbr.: B. J. Pol. S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISSN: 0007-1234
• ISSN (Online): 1469-2112
• Published Online: 27 January 2009
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 1990 Cambridge University Press
• First Published: First published in British Journal of Political Science 20 (4): 537-542
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher