ISBN10: 8807990482, ISBN13: 9788807990489, [publisher: Feltrinelli] Softcover Feltrinelli (Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. Annali Anno Ventottesimo 1992 ); 1993; 9788807990489 ; Rilegato con titoli al piatto e dorso; 25 x 17,5 cm; pp. 375; A cura di M. Buttino. Traduzione di M. Eve, M. L. Rotondi. ; Presenta leggeri segni d'uso ai bordi (senza mancanze, imperfezioni, sbucciature e scoloriture), interno con firma e data alla prima pagina bianca; Buono, (come da foto). ; The breakup of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a long phase of decline, during which the central government became gradually less and less able to buy the loyalty of the national elites of the republics with material resources and a share of political power By the mid 1980s the leadership of the communist party had come to the conclusion that the Soviet economy was in a state of stagnation that risked becoming a catastrophic crisis, and that the profoundly corrupt and inefficient political system was no longer capable of either developing or controlling the republics. In the summer of 1991, after years of failed attempts at reform, the republics became independent and the USSR had disappeared from the map. The contributions to this volume of the Annali are revised versions of papers originally presented at an international colloquium held under the sponsorship of the Feltrinelli Foundation and the city of Cortona, with the collaboration of the Association for the Study of ...
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