{"product_id":"the-post-soviet-nations-alexander-motyl-9780231078955","title":"The Post-Soviet Nations: Perspectives on the Demise of the USSR","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow must Sovietology change as a result of the Soviet Union's collapse? Motyl and his colleagues suggest that the first step in reorientation of the field must involve recognizing the non-Russians and their republics as central to both Soviet politics and to the post-Soviet reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors, all leading Sovietologists, illustrate how nationality interacted with and shaped ideology, law, elite recruitment, political repression, modernization, participation, political economy, and class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the articles traces the relationship between nationality and aspects of the Soviet system up to the collapse of the USSR and the emergence in its stead of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The contributors not only provide a coherent interpretation of the demise of Soviet Communism, but they also sugest what dangers and opportunities lie in store for the Soviet Union's successor states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Motyl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231078951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231078955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Alexander Motyl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086431400191,"sku":"9780231078955","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d9edcc5-f8b6-4aa7-af27-ce9ff00e8cd7.jpg?v=1769094633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-post-soviet-nations-alexander-motyl-9780231078955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}