This book explores social change in the Soviet Union.

Academic analysis has not always kept pace with the dramatic changes that have occurred in the USSR since Stalin’s time, for objective study has often been ov

The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Göran Therborn provides a global history and s

In this 1992 book, Dr Filtzer demonstrates how labour policy under Khrushchev was limited to superficial gestures of liberalization and tinkering with incentive

In a unique survey, based on new census data, this book highlights the region's geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945.