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.)

Table of Contents

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