How the Soviet System Works: Cultural, Psychological, and Social Themes

Raymond A. Bauer; Alex Inkeles; Clyde Kluckhohn

Published by Harvard University Press 1956

How the Soviet System Works

Cultural, Psychological, and Social Themes

Raymond A. Bauer , Alex Inkeles and Clyde Kluckhohn

Volume 24 in the series Russian Research Center Studies

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674188099

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Kluckhohn Clyde :

Clyde Kluckhohn, Ph.D., the late Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, was in almost continuous contact with the Navaho Indians beginning in 1923. In 1942 he became an expert consultant to the United States Office of Indian Affairs. He was the Curator of Southwestern American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum until his death in 1960. He is the author of several books, among them Beyond the Rainbow and Navaho Witchcraft.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Part I. Introductory
1.The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System, and Its Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part II. Operating characteristics of the soviet system
2.A Brief Review of the Formal Characteristics of the System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3.Creating and Maintaining Myths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4.Planning and Controlling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
5.Problem Solving, the Overcommitment of Resources, and "Storming" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
6.Refusal to Allow Independent Concentrations of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
7. Terror and Forced Labor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
8.Informal Adjustive Mechanisms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
9.Rigidity-Flexibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
10.Caution at Major Risks in Foreign Affairs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Part III. The individual in soviet society
11.Soviet Policy Toward the Individual Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
12.Sources of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
13.Attitudes Toward the Soviet System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
14.Attitudes Toward the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
15.Some Aspects of Russian National Character Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
16.Political Loyalty of Individuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Part IV. Social and psychological characteristics of specific groups
17.The Ruling Elite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
18.The Intelligentsia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
19.The Peasants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
20.The Workers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
21.Generational Differences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
22.Nationality Groups Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part V. Conclusions
23.Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
24.Some Evaluations by the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
25.Some Forecasts by the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Appendix. Reports and Publications of the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1956
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 274
Keywords: Communism -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Economic policy.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674188099

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1956
ISBN: 9780674188075