ABSTRACT
This book is an evaluation of the new legislative politics in the Soviet Union. The contributors examine the uneven progress of electoral and constitutional reform, the composition, organisation, staffing and procedures of the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Soviet, the development of factions, movements and parties on the left, on the right, and of the nationalist bent, the path of executive-legislative relations and case studies of the role of the legislature on domestic and foreign policy realms. This book should prove of interest to students of Soviet politics, political parties, and legislative politics, as well as for anyone interested in the struggle of political ideas, forces, and institutions in the USSR today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |61 pages
The New Legal Framework
part |74 pages
The Formation of New Parties and Political Groupings
chapter |26 pages
Gorbachev's Reforms and the Factionalization of Soviet Politics
part |88 pages
The Functioning of the New Supreme Soviet