Soviet state and society under Nikita Khrushchev [electronic resource] / edited by Melanie Ilic and Jeremy Smith - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009 - 1 online resource (xviii, 216 p.) - BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 57 . - BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 57 .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index

The 1961 party programme and the fate of Khrushchev's reforms / Khrushchev's promise to eliminate the urban housing shortage : rights, rationality and the communist future / The 1957 Moscow Youth Festival : propagating a new, peaceful image of the Soviet Union / The scientist, the pedagogue and the Party official : interest groups, public opinion and decision-making in the 1958 education reform / Lone mothers and fatherless children : public discourse on marriage and family law / What did women want? Khrushchev and the revival of the zhensovety / Dismantling Stalin's fortress : Soviet trade unions in the Khrushchev era / The changing face of repression under Khrushchev / Voicing discontent : political dissent from the secret speech to Khrushchev's ouster / The Soviet military at Novocherkassk : the apex of military professionalism in the Khrushchev era? / Alexander Titov -- Mark B. Smith -- Pia Koivunen -- Laurent Coumel -- Helene Carlb�ack -- Melanie Ilic -- Junbae Jo -- Julie Elkner -- Robert Hornsby -- Joshua And


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Soviet Union-- Politics and government--1953-1985