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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The End of Soviet Politics -- Analyzing Demokratizatsiia -- Comparative Politics and Soviet Studies -- Notes -- 2 Democratization? -- Soviet Power and Lenin's Legacy -- Stalin and the Post-Stalin Consensus -- Soviet Power in the Early 1980s -- Theoretical Frameworks -- 'Soviet Power' and the Transition -- Notes -- 3 Power to the Soviets? -- Gorbachev and the Soviets -- Gorbachev as General Secretary -- The 19th Party Conference -- Final Session of the Old Supreme Soviet -- Notes -- 4 The 1989 Elections -- Creating a New Electoral System -- The Campaign -- The Results: Accountability Reborn -- Notes -- 5 The Congress of People's Deputies -- Preparing the Congress -- The First Session of the CPD -- The CPD and Political Leadership -- Notes -- 6 Creation of the New Supreme Soviet's Committees -- The 1988 Constitutional Amendments -- Commissions and Committees -- Standing Rules and Procedures -- Chairmen and Members -- Staff and Infrastructure -- Procedure and Debate -- Formation of the Defense Committee -- The Interregional Deputies' Group -- Politics, Policy, and Leadership -- Notes -- 7 The Committees at Work -- Committee Responsibilities -- Confirmation Hearings -- Monitoring Implementation -- The Legislative Process -- 'Specialist' Committees and Political Leadership -- Notes -- 8 Development of the Supreme Soviet -- The Supreme Soviet's First Year -- Committees and the Secretariat -- The Soviet Presidency -- The Supreme Soviet's Second Year -- Notes -- 9 The 1990 Elections -- The Electoral Law -- Links Between the 1989 and 1990 Campaigns -- Electoral Blocs -- The CPSU's Preparations -- The Campaign -- Results: Accountable Again -- Notes -- 10 Politics in the RSFSR CPD -- Preparing the Congress -- The First Session of the RSFSR CPD.