How the Soviet System Works : : Cultural, Psychological, and Social Themes / / Raymond A. Bauer, Clyde Kluckhohn, Alex Inkeles.

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• VerfasserIn: Bauer, Raymond A.,; Inkeles, Alex,; Kluckhohn, Clyde,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1956
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Russian Research Center Studies ; 24
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Part I. Introductory --; 1.The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System, and Its Data --; Part II. Operating characteristics of the soviet system --; 2.A Brief Review of the Formal Characteristics of the System --; 3.Creating and Maintaining Myths --; 4.Planning and Controlling --; 5.Problem Solving, the Overcommitment of Resources, and "Storming" --; 6.Refusal to Allow Independent Concentrations of Power --; 7. Terror and Forced Labor --; 8.Informal Adjustive Mechanisms --; 9.Rigidity-Flexibility --; 10.Caution at Major Risks in Foreign Affairs --; Part III. The individual in soviet society --; 11.Soviet Policy Toward the Individual --; 12.Sources of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction --; 13.Attitudes Toward the Soviet System --; 14.Attitudes Toward the West --; 15.Some Aspects of Russian National Character --; 16.Political Loyalty of Individuals --; Part IV. Social and psychological characteristics of specific groups --; 17.The Ruling Elite --; 18.The Intelligentsia --; 19.The Peasants --; 20.The Workers --; 21.Generational Differences --; 22.Nationality Groups --; Part V. Conclusions --; 23.Summary --; 24.Some Evaluations by the Authors --; 25.Some Forecasts by the Authors --; Appendix. Reports and Publications of the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674188099; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674188099
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Raymond A. Bauer, Clyde Kluckhohn, Alex Inkeles.