Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics

Graeme Gill is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia. The author or editor of more than twenty books, as well as Soviet and Russian politics and history, he has published on the role of class in political development, the state and democratization.

• Chapter One. Introduction. The Study of Soviet Leadership.- Chapter Two. Oligarchy with a Predominant Leader, 1917-22.- Chapter Three. Rule by Pure Oligarchy, 1923-29.- Chapter Four. From the Predominant to the Dominant Leader, 1930-53.- Chapter Five. The Limits of the Predominant Leader, 1953-64.- Chapter Six. Predominant Leader within the Collective, 1964-82.- Chapter Seven. Collectivism Collapses, 1982-91.- Conclusion.