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Soviet Local Politics and Government (1983) examines the local government system of the Soviet Union, an important part of the great bureaucracy that ran the country. The leading experts contributing to this book look at the wide range of duties that the local soviets managed, including supervision of the economic plan in their area, control over construction and agriculture, healthcare, housing, transport and infrastructure, and the attempts to adapt the local government system to new circumstances and requirements.

Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Elements of Diffusion -- Water Boiling in a Peruvian Village: Diffusion That Failed -- What is Diffusion? -- Controlling Scurvy in the British Navy -- Nondiffusion of the Dvorak Keyboard -- Four Main Elements in the Diffusion of Innovations -- 1. The Innovation -- 2. Communication Channels -- 3. Time -- 4. A Social System -- Diffusion of Hybrid Corn in Iowa -- Summary -- Chapter 2: A History of Diffusion Research -- The Beginnings of Diffusion Research in Europe -- Gabriel Tarde and Imitation -- Georg Simmel's Stranger -- The British and German-Austrian Diffusionists -- The Rise of Diffusion Research Traditions -- Paradigms and Invisible Colleges -- The Anthropology Research Tradition -- Miracle Rice in Bali: the Goddess and the Computer -- Early Sociology -- Rural Sociology -- The Diffusion of Modern Math in Pittsburgh -- Worldwide Diffusion of the Kindergarten -- Public Health and Medical Sociology -- The Columbia University Drug Diffusion Study -- The Taichung Field Experiment -- STOP AIDS in San Francisco -- Communication -- Diffusion of News of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks -- Marketing -- Opinion Leaders and Mavens in the Diffusion of Electric Cars -- Geography -- General Sociology -- Networks in Recruitment to Freedom Summer -- Trends by Diffusion Research Traditions -- A Typology of Diffusion Research -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Contributions and Criticisms of Diffusion Research -- The Status of Diffusion Research Today -- Criticisms of Diffusion Research -- The Pro-Innovation Bias of Diffusion Research -- Pure Drinking Water in Egyptian Villages -- Preference for Sons in India and China -- The Individual-Blame Bias in Diffusion Research -- The Recall Problem in Diffusion Research -- The Issue of Equality in the Diffusion of Innovations -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Generation of Innovations.