Soviet Politics in Perspective is a new edition of Richard Sakwa’s successful textbook Soviet Politics: An Introduction. Thoroughly revised and updated it builds on the previous edition’s comprehensive and accessible exploration of the Soviet system, from its rise in 1919 to its collapse in 1991.

The Author

Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His publications include Soviet Politics: An Introduction (1989), Gorbachev and his Reforms (1990), and Russian Politics and Society (second edition, 1996). His research now focuses on problems of democratisation in Russia.