Soviet Constitutional Crisis

, by Sharlet,Robert

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ISBN: 9781563240638 | 1563240637
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/31/1992

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Preface
Introduction: Crisis and Constitutional Reform in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union	p. 3
Understanding Constitutionalism	p. 6
The Quest for a Constitution in the Russian and Soviet Past	p. 7
The USSR in Crisis: From Constitutional Reform to Political Decline	p. 11
Brezhnev and the Soviet Constitution of 1977: Codifying De-Stalinization	p. 15
The Path of Constitutional Reform	p. 16
Continuity and Change	p. 18
A Soviet "Systems" Approach	p. 21
The Citizen and the State	p. 24
Participation and Public Discussion	p. 31
Constitutional Revision and Ratification	p. 46
The Constitution as "Magic Wall"	p. 53
Epilogue	p. 54
The Andropov-Chernenko Interregnum: Juridicizing the System	p. 55
The USSR at the End of the Brezhnev Era: Diagnosing the Problems	p. 56
Interim Remedies, 1980-82	p. 58
Andropov Takes Charge: Campaigning for Discipline	p. 62
Legislating for Discipline: The Andropov Record	p. 64
Andropov's Legacy	p. 72
The Chernenko Record	p. 73
Demise of a Campaign: From "Discipline" to "Upbringing"	p. 77
Epilogue	p. 83
Gorbachev and the Soviet Constitutional Crisis: From De-Stalinization to Disintegration	p. 85
The Transition to Constitutionalism	p. 87
The Dimensions of Constitutional Reform	p. 91
Constitutional Traditionalism	p. 98
The Politics of Constitutionalism	p. 105
The Limits of Constitutionalism in the USSR	p. 110
A "Constitutional" Coup	p. 112
Epilogue: Constitutional Futures	p. 117
Notes	p. 119
Readings for Further Study	p. 151
Chronology of the Rise and Fall of the Soviet System, 1917-1991	p. 173
Name Index	p. 183
Subject Index	p. 185
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