Transformation Of Socialism

Taylor & Francis

This book is based on Conference on the Transformation of Socialism in the Soviet Union and China, and reveals a second feature of the conference: the candor of the presentations. It discusses the effects of the reforms on political processes and the development of socialism. > This book is based on Conference on the Transformation of Socialism in the Soviet Union and China, and reveals a second feature of the conference: the candor of the presentations. It discusses the effects of the reforms on political processes and the development of socialism. > Introduction -- The Transformation of Socialism -- Reappraising History -- Perestroika and the New Economic Policy (1921-1928): The Uses of History -- A Past to Serve the Present: The Reappraisal of Westernization and Revolution in Chinese History -- Party and State -- Party-State Relations Under Gorbachev: From Partocracy to \""Party\"" State? -- A Comparative Study of the Features of the Socialist Political System and Possible Refm