How the Soviet System Works: Cultural, Psychological, and Social Themes

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Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Contents......Page 14 1.The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System and Its Data......Page 16 2.A Brief Review of the Formal Characteristics of the System......Page 30 3.Creating and Maintaining Myths......Page 40 4.Planning and Controlling......Page 47 5.Problem Solving the Overcommitment of Resources and Storming......Page 57 6.Refusal to Allow Independent Concentrations of Power......Page 64 7.Terror and Forced Labor......Page 79 8.Informal Adjustive Mechanisms......Page 85 9.Rigidity-Flexibility......Page 93 10.Caution at Major Risks in Foreign Affairs......Page 97 11.Soviet Policy Toward the Individual......Page 102 12.Sources of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction......Page 105 13.Attitudes Toward the Soviet System......Page 123 14.Attitudes Toward the West......Page 132 15.Some Aspects of Russian National Character......Page 143 16.Political Loyalty of Individuals......Page 152 17.The Ruling Elite......Page 162 18.The Intelligentsia......Page 181 19.The Peasants......Page 188 20.The Workers......Page 193 21.Generational Differences......Page 197 22.Nationality Groups......Page 206 23.Summary......Page 216 24.Some Evaluations by the Authors......Page 225 25.Some Forecasts by the Authors......Page 241 Appendix. Reports and Publications of the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System......Page 257 References......Page 264 Index......Page 272