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050 00 $aDJK50$b.V35 1993
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100 1 $aValdez, Jonathan C.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85301234
245 10 $aInternationalism and the ideology of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe /$cJonathan C. Valdez.
260 $aCambridge [England] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1993.
300 $ax, 214 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aSoviet and East European studies ;$v89
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-204) and index.
505 0 $a1. Ideology and the ideologists -- 2. The ideological basis -- 3. Contradictions and internationalism in the 1970s: the Euro-communist challenge -- 4. Socialist internationalism, 1980-1989: decline of a concept -- 5. Socialism redefined -- 6. Ideological debates and Eastern Europe.
520 $aIn 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.
520 8 $aHe 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.
520 8 $aValdez 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.
520 8 $aSoviet 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.
520 8 $a. 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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651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zEurope, Eastern.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117082
651 0 $aEurope, Eastern$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114980
650 0 $aIdeology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064155
650 0 $aCommunism$zEurope, Eastern.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101337
651 4 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989.
651 4 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zEurope, Eastern.
651 4 $aEurope, Eastern$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.
653 0 $aForeign relations
653 0 $aUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
653 0 $aEastern Europe
830 0 $aSoviet and East European studies ;$v89.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42022969
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