Collective leadership in Soviet politics. / Graeme Gill

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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Study of Soviet Leadership -- The Institutional Basis of Elite Politics -- References -- Chapter 2 Oligarchy with a Predominant Leader, 1917-22 -- Institutional Fluidity -- Dynamics of Conflict Within the Collective -- The Shape of Elite Consensus -- Personalized Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Rule by Pure Oligarchy, 1923-29 -- Strategies of Factional Conflict -- Appeal to Authority -- Role of Policy -- Mobilization of Institutions -- On Factions -- The Dynamics of Opposition -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 From the Predominant to the Dominant Leader, 1930-53 -- Oligarchy with a Predominant Leader, 1930-34 -- Institutional Context -- The Norms of Leadership Politics -- The Leader Dominant and Involved, 1935-41 -- The Institutional Arena -- Norms of Leadership Politics -- Dominant Leader Within the Collective, 1941-45 -- Dominant, but Distant, 1945-53 -- Institutional Contours -- The Norms of Leadership Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 The Limits of the Predominant Leader, 1953-64 -- The Elite Consensus -- The Post-Stalin Elite -- Undermining Collectivism -- The Achilles Heel of Leadership Predominance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Predominant Leader Within the Collective, 1964-82 -- Development of a Brezhnev Faction? -- Norms of Elite Politics -- Institutional Contours of Elite Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Collectivism Collapses, 1982-91 -- The Interregnum: Andropov and Chernenko -- Gorbachev and the Collapse of Collective Leadership -- A Gorbachev Faction? -- The Strategy of the Predominant Leader -- Mode of Opposing the Predominant Leader -- Destruction of the Institutions of Collective Leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Conclusion -- Formal Norms -- Informal Norms.

Predominant Leader and the Collective 1 -- Pure Oligarchy -- Predominant Leader and the Collective 2 -- Dominant Leader and the Collective -- Predominant Leader and the Collective 3 -- Predominant Leader and the Collective 4 -- Predominant Leader and the Collective 5 -- References -- Index.