Suchergebnisse

While the Soviet system has demonstrated an unusual degree of immunity to the worldwide upsurge of ethnic self-assertion, rising national consciousness among both Russian and non-Russian populations poses a growing, although not necessarily unmanageable, problem for the Soviet leadership. Several issues bearing directly on the resources, power, and status of different nationalities lie at the heart of current debates: the nature and future of the federal system; the pace and pattern of economic development; access to positions of political power; demographic policy; and cultural and linguistic status. Over the long term, the political mobilization of ethnicity is likely to be constrained by both intrinsic and systemic factors, encouraging national elites to focus on strategies and goals that will enhance their power within the system rather than challenging it directly.

Die Arbeit behandelt die Probleme und die einschränkenden Faktoren der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung der UdSSR und erörtert ihre Implikationen für die innere Stabilität und die Außenpolitik. Beschrieben werden die Stagnation des Lebensstandards, der Rückgang der sozialen Mobilität sowie die Erosionserscheinungen in den Einstellungen und der Moral der Bürger. (BIOst-Hat)