Article(print)#11988
PERESTROIKA WITH A HUMAN FACE?
In: Socialist review: SR, Volume 1, p. 7-30
ISSN: 0161-1801
THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE CURRENT MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CALLED PERESTROIKA, OR ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING. SHE EVALUATES THE AVERAGE SOVIET CITIZEN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD IT, WHICH IS GENERALLY LUKEWARM EVEN THOUGH WORKERS ARE TOLD THEY ARE MORE IN CHARGE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY WORK FOR. THE USSR'S ECONOMIC STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE DESCRIBED, AND THE EXPECTED EFFECTS OF THE PERESTROIKA MOVEMENT ARE COMMENTED ON.