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Perestroika

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  • Alexander D. Smirnov

    (Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Emil B. Ershov

    (Institute of Statistics, Moscow)

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The general systems approach has been used to study one of the most intriguing social phenomena in the process of Soviet perestroika. During the period from 1985 to 1991, a dramatic change in public opinion took place from approval of a centralized planning system to overwhelming support for a free-market system. To study the factors that caused this process as well as its performance, a nonlinear model was developed and verified on empirical data. The model has made it possible to trace and identify various stages of perestroika and to comprise different outcomes of a growing conflict between the central and the republican governments that reached its climax in August 1991, after a catastrophic change in public sentiment so impressively demonstrated in the Russian presidential elections in June of the same year.

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  • Alexander D. Smirnov & Emil B. Ershov, 1992. "Perestroika," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 36(3), pages 415-453, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:36:y:1992:i:3:p:415-453
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002792036003002
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    1. Shiller, Robert J & Boycko, Maxim & Korobov, Vladimir, 1991. "Popular Attitudes toward Free Markets: The Soviet Union and the United States Compared," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(3), pages 385-400, June.
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