Stealing the state: control and collapse in Soviet institutions
What led to the breakdown of the Soviet Union? Steven Solnick argues, contrary to most current literature, that the Soviet system did not fall victim to stalemate at the top or to a revolution from below, but rather to opportunism from within. In three case studies - on the Communist Youth League, t...
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Schriftenreihe: | Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies
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Zusammenfassung: | What led to the breakdown of the Soviet Union? Steven Solnick argues, contrary to most current literature, that the Soviet system did not fall victim to stalemate at the top or to a revolution from below, but rather to opportunism from within. In three case studies - on the Communist Youth League, the system of job assignments for university graduates, and military conscription - Solnick makes use of rich archival sources and interviews to tell the story from a new perspective, and to employ and test Western theories of the firm in the Soviet environment. He finds that even before Gorbachev, mechanisms for controlling bureaucrats in Soviet organizations were weak, allowing these individuals great latitude in their actions. Once reforms began, they translated this latitude into open insubordination by seizing the very organizational assets they were supposed to be managing. Thus, the Soviet system, Solnick argues, suffered the organizational equivalent of a colossal bank run. When the servants of the state stopped obeying orders from above, the state's fate was sealed. |
Beschreibung: | XIV, 337 S. graph. Darst. |
ISBN: | 0674836804 |
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spelling | Solnick, Steven L. Verfasser aut Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions Steven L. Solnick Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 1998 XIV, 337 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies 89 What led to the breakdown of the Soviet Union? Steven Solnick argues, contrary to most current literature, that the Soviet system did not fall victim to stalemate at the top or to a revolution from below, but rather to opportunism from within. In three case studies - on the Communist Youth League, the system of job assignments for university graduates, and military conscription - Solnick makes use of rich archival sources and interviews to tell the story from a new perspective, and to employ and test Western theories of the firm in the Soviet environment. He finds that even before Gorbachev, mechanisms for controlling bureaucrats in Soviet organizations were weak, allowing these individuals great latitude in their actions. Once reforms began, they translated this latitude into open insubordination by seizing the very organizational assets they were supposed to be managing. Thus, the Soviet system, Solnick argues, suffered the organizational equivalent of a colossal bank run. When the servants of the state stopped obeying orders from above, the state's fate was sealed. Komsomol (DE-588)2015973-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1985-1991 gnd rswk-swf Bureaucratie gtt Changement organisationnel - URSS Culture politique - URSS Instituties gtt Institutionele economie gtt Institutionnalisme - Cas, Études de Perestrojka gtt Perestroïka Politik Institutional economics -- Case studies Organizational change -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1970-1991 Political culture -- Soviet Union Perestroĭka Staatsbürokratie (DE-588)4182643-7 gnd rswk-swf Akademiker (DE-588)4000881-2 gnd rswk-swf Arbeitsvermittlung (DE-588)4131655-1 gnd rswk-swf Staatliche Einrichtung (DE-588)4182632-2 gnd rswk-swf Rekrutierung (DE-588)4177658-6 gnd rswk-swf Reformpolitik (DE-588)4048960-7 gnd rswk-swf Militär (DE-588)4039305-7 gnd rswk-swf Organisation (DE-588)4043774-7 gnd rswk-swf URSS - Conditions sociales - 1970-1991 URSS - Politique et gouvernement - 1985-1991 Sowjetunion Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991 Sowjetunion (DE-588)4077548-3 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4522595-3 Fallstudiensammlung gnd-content Sowjetunion (DE-588)4077548-3 g Akademiker (DE-588)4000881-2 s Staatliche Einrichtung (DE-588)4182632-2 s Arbeitsvermittlung (DE-588)4131655-1 s Geschichte 1985-1991 z DE-604 Komsomol (DE-588)2015973-0 b Organisation (DE-588)4043774-7 s Militär (DE-588)4039305-7 s Rekrutierung (DE-588)4177658-6 s Staatsbürokratie (DE-588)4182643-7 s Reformpolitik (DE-588)4048960-7 s DE-188 Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies 89 (DE-604)BV000007231 89 |
spellingShingle | Solnick, Steven L. Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions Russian Research Center <Cambridge, Mass.>: Russian Research Center studies Komsomol (DE-588)2015973-0 gnd Bureaucratie gtt Changement organisationnel - URSS Culture politique - URSS Instituties gtt Institutionele economie gtt Institutionnalisme - Cas, Études de Perestrojka gtt Perestroïka Politik Institutional economics -- Case studies Organizational change -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1970-1991 Political culture -- Soviet Union Perestroĭka Staatsbürokratie (DE-588)4182643-7 gnd Akademiker (DE-588)4000881-2 gnd Arbeitsvermittlung (DE-588)4131655-1 gnd Staatliche Einrichtung (DE-588)4182632-2 gnd Rekrutierung (DE-588)4177658-6 gnd Reformpolitik (DE-588)4048960-7 gnd Militär (DE-588)4039305-7 gnd Organisation (DE-588)4043774-7 gnd |
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title | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions |
title_auth | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions |
title_exact_search | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions |
title_full | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions Steven L. Solnick |
title_fullStr | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions Steven L. Solnick |
title_full_unstemmed | Stealing the state control and collapse in Soviet institutions Steven L. Solnick |
title_short | Stealing the state |
title_sort | stealing the state control and collapse in soviet institutions |
title_sub | control and collapse in Soviet institutions |
topic | Komsomol (DE-588)2015973-0 gnd Bureaucratie gtt Changement organisationnel - URSS Culture politique - URSS Instituties gtt Institutionele economie gtt Institutionnalisme - Cas, Études de Perestrojka gtt Perestroïka Politik Institutional economics -- Case studies Organizational change -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1970-1991 Political culture -- Soviet Union Perestroĭka Staatsbürokratie (DE-588)4182643-7 gnd Akademiker (DE-588)4000881-2 gnd Arbeitsvermittlung (DE-588)4131655-1 gnd Staatliche Einrichtung (DE-588)4182632-2 gnd Rekrutierung (DE-588)4177658-6 gnd Reformpolitik (DE-588)4048960-7 gnd Militär (DE-588)4039305-7 gnd Organisation (DE-588)4043774-7 gnd |
topic_facet | Komsomol Bureaucratie Changement organisationnel - URSS Culture politique - URSS Instituties Institutionele economie Institutionnalisme - Cas, Études de Perestrojka Perestroïka Politik Institutional economics -- Case studies Organizational change -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1970-1991 Political culture -- Soviet Union Perestroĭka Staatsbürokratie Akademiker Arbeitsvermittlung Staatliche Einrichtung Rekrutierung Reformpolitik Militär Organisation URSS - Conditions sociales - 1970-1991 URSS - Politique et gouvernement - 1985-1991 Sowjetunion Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991 Fallstudiensammlung |
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