Yugoslavia's Failed Perestroika
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11049612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miloš Nikolić (0000-0001-5892-8248, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 1989 |
| Issue | 79 |
| Pages | 119-128 |
| Publication date | 1989-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0389079119 |
| OpenAlex | W2323691634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
What is happening in the USSR with perestroika and glasnost has immense importance for all East European countries and for the rest of the world. Presumably, with the success of perestroika the world is more likely to enjoy a period of peace between the super-powers. Yet, while Gorbachev's efforts should be encouraged, there are good reasons to doubt their chances for success. In this context, Yugoslavia provides a case study of what can happen with social and economic reforms from above, whose main goal is to reform the system without altering existing social relations. Perestroika is an effort by the Soviet power elite to modernize the existing social system in order to maintain the USSR as a world power
Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Happening · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Rest (music · Social change · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |