Table Of ContentSTUDIES 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
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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
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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.
