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STUDIES IN RUSSIA AND EAST EUROPE formerly Studies in Russian and East European History Chairman of the Editorial Board: M. A. Branch, Director, School of Slavonic and East European Studies This series includes books on general, political, historical, economic, social and cultural themes relating to Russia and East Europe written or edited by members of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in the University of London, or by authors working in association with the School. Titles already published are listed below. Further titles are in preparation. Phyllis Auty and Richard Clogg (editors) BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS WARTIME RESISTANCE IN YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE Elisabeth Barker BRITISH POLICY IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Richard Clogg (editor) THE MOVEMENT FOR GREEK INDEPENDENCE, 1770-1821: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS Olga Crisp STUDIES IN THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BEFORE 1914 D. G. Kirby (editor) FINLAND AND RUSSIA, 1808-1920: DOCUMENTS Martin McCauley THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE SOVIET STATE, 1917-1921: DOCUMENTS (editor) KHRUSHCHEV AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOVIET AGRICULTURE COMMUNIST POWER IN EUROPE 1944-1949 (editor) MARXISM-LENINISM IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: THE SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY (SED) THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC SINCE 1945 Martin McCauley and Stephen Carter (editors) LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSION IN THE SOVIET UNION, EASTERN EUROPE AND CHINA Evan Mawdsley THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE BALTIC FLEET Series Standing Order If you would like to receive future titles in this series as they are published, you can make use of our standing order facility. To place a standing order please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address and the name of the series. Please state with which title you wish to begin your standing order. (If you live outside the United Kingdom we may not have the rights for your area, in which case we will forward your order· to the publisher concerned.) Standing Order Service, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, England. LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSION IN THE SOVIET UNION, EASTERN EUROPE AND CHINA Edited by Martin McCauley and Stephen Carter in association with the M Palgrave Macmillan MACMILLAN © School of Slavonic and East European Studies 1986 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1986 978-0-333-38648-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1986 Published by TilE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Leadership and succession in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China. - (Studies in Russia and East Europe) 1. Political leadership-Communist countries I. McCauley, Martin II. Carter, Stephen III. University of London School of Slavonic and East European Studies IV. Series 351.003'4'091717 JC474 ISBN 978-0-333-38680-4 ISBN 978-1-349-18111-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-18111-7 Contents List of Tables vii Notes on the Contributors ix Preface Xl Map of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe xii-xiii Introduction 1 1 The Soviet Union 16 Peter Frank 2 Soviet Leadership Profiles 29 Stephen Carter 3 Poland 40 George Sanford 4 The German Democratic Republic 64 Martin McCauley 5 Czechoslovakia 81 Gordon Wightman 6 Hungary 99 George Schopftin 7 Romania 114 Michael Shafir 8 Bulgaria 136 J. F. Brown 9 Albania 157 Patrick Artisien 10 Yugoslavia 174 Dennison Rusinow 11 China 194 Peter Ferdinand vi Contents 12 Regime and Citizen in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China 216 Stephen White References 230 Index 240 List of Tables 3.1 PZPR First Secretaries 44 3.2 Heads of State 51 3.3 Chairmen of the Council of Ministers 52 3.4 PZPR Politburo 60 3.5 PZPR CC Secretariat 62 Vll Notes on the Contributors Patrick Artisien is Lecturer in the Department of Business and Economics at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Tech nology Cardiff. Among his recent publications are Joint Ventures in Yugoslav Industry and articles on Yugoslav-Albanian relations and on foreign investment in Yugoslavia. J, F. Brown was Director of Radio Free Europe, Munich, from 1978 to 1983. Among his many publications on East European politics are The New Eastern Europe and Bulgaria under Communist Rule. He is currently engaged on a history of Eastern Europe since 1968. Stephen Carter is Senior Lecturer in Russian Government at the City of London Polytechnic. He is the author of The Politics of Solzhenit syn and has a special interest in politics and literature and compara tive communism. Peter Ferdinand is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Warwick and has published articles on the Chinese and Yugoslav Communist Parties. Peter Frank is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. He is the joint author of The Soviet Com munist Party and has published many articles on communist politics. Martin McCauley is Lecturer in Russian and Soviet Institutions at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Lon don. Among his publications are Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic: The Socialist Unity Party (SED) and The German Democratic Republic since 1945. Dennison Rusinow is a member of the Universities Field Staff Inter national, Vienna. Among his numerous publications are Italy's Aus trian Heritage and The Yugoslav Experiment. ix X Notes on the Contributors George Sanford is Lecturer in East European Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of Polish Communism in Crisis and of numerous articles on Polish history and postwar politics. George Schopftin is Joint Lecturer in East European Political Insti tutions at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the London School of Economics, University of London. He is the co-author of Communist Political Systems and of numerous articles on East European politics. Michael Shafir is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Tel Aviv. He is the author of Romania: Politics, Economics and Society and of many articles on Romanian politics. Stephen White is Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow. He is the author of Political Culture and Soviet Politics and co-author of Communist Political Systems and various other works. Gordon Wightman is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool. He is the author of many articles on Czechoslovak politics.
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