M Alice Matthews
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Alice Matthews |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthews |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHEWS M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1920 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Privilege in the Soviet Union (Routledge Revivals): A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism
First published in 1978, this unique work throws much-needed light upon the exact nature of privilege and elite life-styles in the contemporary Soviet Union, under the Communist regime. Dr Matthews' study places these life-styles in a historical perspective, and characterises, in sociological terms, the people who enjoyed them. This study is based on an extensive programme of personal interviews among emigré groups and a close analysis of origina…
Thailand today
Mervyn Matthews, retired, was formerly Reader in Soviet Studies at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Since 1996 he has been resident for part of the year in Thailand, where he writes and pursues research interests
The Passport Society: Controlling Movement in Russia and the USSR
Passports under the Tsars early Bolshevik policies Stalin's passport system long-standing social problems the bureaucratic morass liberalization after communism regional dimensions
Europe
Europe
Patterns of Deprivation in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev and Gorbachev
This study focuses on important aspects of daily life--food, clothing, housing, education, occupational and educational mobility, employment, and the prestige of various occupations--mainly among poor, urban Soviet families-- between 1977 and 1979
Quality of Life in the Soviet Union
Residence controls in present‐day China
1989). Residence controls in present‐day China. Asian Affairs: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 184-194
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
The 1986 book deals with the continuing problem of poverty in Soviet society, a problem which the Revolution of 1917 was supposed to solve in a planned and expeditious manner. The topic is important both because it involves large numbers of people, and because it illustrates a major failing of Marxism-Leninism in practice. The book attempts to analyse Soviet poverty both from Soviet and western sources: the former are very limited, because discus…
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-Styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
The Contemporary Soviet City
Current educational practices in the people's republic of China
Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the successes and failures of education and training in the Khrushchev and Breshnev years. The author gives an objective assessment of the accessibility of the main types of institution, of the contents of courses and of Soviet attempts to marry the functioning of their education system to their perceived economic and social needs. In addition the book has many useful and original features: For ease of…
Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin
Commentary on: 'Sociology in the USSR 1965-1975'
Privilege in the Soviet Union: A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism
Part 1: The Soviet Elite in the Seventies 1. A Problem of Definition 2. Special Elite Benefits Part 2: Privilege and the Law Since the Revolution 3. The Genesis of Privilege 4. Stalin and After Part 3: Social Movement and Comparison 5. Some Problems of Elite Mobility 6. International Perspectives
Soviet students‐some sociological perspectives
Class and Society in Soviet Russia
Soviet Theater Audiences
Soviet authorities have always maintained that their national theater is a truly popular form of art, enjoyed by broad masses of the people. This view has been expressed or implied in every official statement on the medium for many years. "Soviet theatrical art," according to a 1958 Central Committee statement, "has become a truly popular art, close and comprehensible to the broad masses of the toilers.... Our theater, by carrying the most progre…
Class and Society in Soviet Russia
Great Britain: House of Lords
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Chronicle of International Events
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Chronicle of International Events
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The Passport Society: Controlling Movement in Russia and the USSR
Passports under the Tsars early Bolshevik policies Stalin's passport system long-standing social problems the bureaucratic morass liberalization after communism regional dimensions
Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the successes and failures of education and training in the Khrushchev and Breshnev years. The author gives an objective assessment of the accessibility of the main types of institution, of the contents of courses and of Soviet attempts to marry the functioning of their education system to their perceived economic and social needs. In addition the book has many useful and original features: For ease of…
Privilege in the Soviet Union: A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism
Part 1: The Soviet Elite in the Seventies 1. A Problem of Definition 2. Special Elite Benefits Part 2: Privilege and the Law Since the Revolution 3. The Genesis of Privilege 4. Stalin and After Part 3: Social Movement and Comparison 5. Some Problems of Elite Mobility 6. International Perspectives
Class and Society in Soviet Russia
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
The 1986 book deals with the continuing problem of poverty in Soviet society, a problem which the Revolution of 1917 was supposed to solve in a planned and expeditious manner. The topic is important both because it involves large numbers of people, and because it illustrates a major failing of Marxism-Leninism in practice. The book attempts to analyse Soviet poverty both from Soviet and western sources: the former are very limited, because discus…
Patterns of Deprivation in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev and Gorbachev
This study focuses on important aspects of daily life--food, clothing, housing, education, occupational and educational mobility, employment, and the prestige of various occupations--mainly among poor, urban Soviet families-- between 1977 and 1979
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-Styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
Residence controls in present‐day China
1989). Residence controls in present‐day China. Asian Affairs: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 184-194
Current educational practices in the people's republic of China
Soviet Theater Audiences
Soviet authorities have always maintained that their national theater is a truly popular form of art, enjoyed by broad masses of the people. This view has been expressed or implied in every official statement on the medium for many years. "Soviet theatrical art," according to a 1958 Central Committee statement, "has become a truly popular art, close and comprehensible to the broad masses of the toilers.... Our theater, by carrying the most progre…
Chronicle of International Events
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Chronicle of International Events
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Great Britain: House of Lords
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Class and Society in Soviet Russia
Soviet students‐some sociological perspectives
Class and Society in Soviet Russia
Soviet Theater Audiences
Soviet authorities have always maintained that their national theater is a truly popular form of art, enjoyed by broad masses of the people. This view has been expressed or implied in every official statement on the medium for many years. "Soviet theatrical art," according to a 1958 Central Committee statement, "has become a truly popular art, close and comprehensible to the broad masses of the toilers.... Our theater, by carrying the most progre…
Privilege in the Soviet Union: A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism
Part 1: The Soviet Elite in the Seventies 1. A Problem of Definition 2. Special Elite Benefits Part 2: Privilege and the Law Since the Revolution 3. The Genesis of Privilege 4. Stalin and After Part 3: Social Movement and Comparison 5. Some Problems of Elite Mobility 6. International Perspectives
Commentary on: 'Sociology in the USSR 1965-1975'
Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the successes and failures of education and training in the Khrushchev and Breshnev years. The author gives an objective assessment of the accessibility of the main types of institution, of the contents of courses and of Soviet attempts to marry the functioning of their education system to their perceived economic and social needs. In addition the book has many useful and original features: For ease of…
Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin
Current educational practices in the people's republic of China
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-Styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
The Contemporary Soviet City
Poverty in the Soviet Union: The Life-styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years
The 1986 book deals with the continuing problem of poverty in Soviet society, a problem which the Revolution of 1917 was supposed to solve in a planned and expeditious manner. The topic is important both because it involves large numbers of people, and because it illustrates a major failing of Marxism-Leninism in practice. The book attempts to analyse Soviet poverty both from Soviet and western sources: the former are very limited, because discus…
Quality of Life in the Soviet Union
Residence controls in present‐day China
1989). Residence controls in present‐day China. Asian Affairs: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 184-194
Patterns of Deprivation in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev and Gorbachev
This study focuses on important aspects of daily life--food, clothing, housing, education, occupational and educational mobility, employment, and the prestige of various occupations--mainly among poor, urban Soviet families-- between 1977 and 1979
Europe
Europe
The Passport Society: Controlling Movement in Russia and the USSR
Passports under the Tsars early Bolshevik policies Stalin's passport system long-standing social problems the bureaucratic morass liberalization after communism regional dimensions
Thailand today
Mervyn Matthews, retired, was formerly Reader in Soviet Studies at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Since 1996 he has been resident for part of the year in Thailand, where he writes and pursues research interests
Privilege in the Soviet Union (Routledge Revivals): A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism
First published in 1978, this unique work throws much-needed light upon the exact nature of privilege and elite life-styles in the contemporary Soviet Union, under the Communist regime. Dr Matthews' study places these life-styles in a historical perspective, and characterises, in sociological terms, the people who enjoyed them. This study is based on an extensive programme of personal interviews among emigré groups and a close analysis of origina…
Political science (20 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Soviet and Russian History (8 works) · Soviet union (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · History (7 works) · Economic history (6 works)