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Internationalism and the ideology of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe

In this timely book Jonathan Valdez explores the role of ideology in the maintenance and subsequent collapse of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. He begins by examining how to define ideology, proposing that it should not be viewed as any specific body of thought but as the interpretation of a body of thought for a political purpose. Valdez then looks at how Marxism-Leninism was used to legitimize Soviet influence.

He shows how it was interpreted to rationalize policy actions, to communicate Soviet intent and policy desires to East European elites, and to explain change in socialist systems.

Valdez argues that the use of the fundamental principles of Marxism-Leninism to perform various functions ultimately brought about a change in the basic assumptions of the theory itself. This resulted in the abandonment of the previous insistence on a universal model of socialism and of the idea that the international interests of the socialist bloc must take precedence over individual national interest.

Soviet influence in Eastern Europe rested on little else than these ideological principles and consequently stood little chance of surviving their re-interpretation. Finally Valdez assesses the re-interpretation of the fundamental principles of Soviet-East European relations by reformist scholars in the Soviet Union, and the response by conservative members of the party apparatus.

  1. By focusing upon both the political debates between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and the political uses of ideology within that relationship, Jonathan Valdez makes an important and innovative contribution to the study of Soviet external relations. Internationalism and the ideology of Soviet influence will be widely read by students and specialists of Soviet and East European studies, international relations and political science.
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214

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Internationalism and the Ideology of Soviet Influence in Eastern Europe
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Internationalism and the ideology of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe
1993, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-204) and index.

Published in
Cambridge [England], New York
Series
Soviet and East European studies ;, 89

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.47
Library of Congress
DJK50 .V35 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 214 p. ;
Number of pages
214

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Open Library
OL1709777M
Internet Archive
internationalism0000vald
ISBN 10
0521414385
LCCN
92011480
OCLC/WorldCat
25629810
Goodreads
3891847

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