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Soviet science under control : the struggle for influence / Jeffrey L. Roberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberg, Jeffrey L., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science and state--Russia (Federation).
- Science and state.
- Nuclear energy--Government policy.
- Russia (Federation).
- Scientists--Political aspects--Russia (Federation).
- Scientists.
- Scientists--Political aspects.
- Nuclear energy--Government policy--Russia (Federation).
- Nuclear energy.
- Human rights--Russia (Federation).
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 169 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- This book examines the relationship between the political leadership of the Soviet Union and Soviet science. Previously, this relationship was typically characterized as one of Communist Party dominance over the sciences. This book argues that the relationship between scientists and the leadership is better viewed as bi-directional: that scientists had an influence on policy-makers in the areas of nuclear policy and human rights although not to the same degree as the Party had on science and scientists.
- Contents:
- 1 The Struggle for Influence 1
- The Cases 2
- Justification of Cases 4
- Influence 5
- How to Measure Influence 9
- Agenda Setting 17
- Evidence 20
- 2 Did the Party Really Control Soviet Science? 22
- Science and Soviet Economic Development 25
- Science and Ideology 26
- The Scientific-Technical Revolution 29
- Science and Control 32
- 3 The Influence of Scientists on Nuclear Policy 45
- The Soviet Atomic Project: A Brief History 45
- Can Scientists be Trusted? 50
- The Hydrogen Bomb 56
- Breaking through the Wall 60
- 4 The Influence of Scientists Who Cross the Line: The Clash between Personal Responsibility and Loyalty to the Regime 74
- The Case of Peter Kapitsa 75
- The Quest for Respect 76
- The Case of Andrei Sakharov 83
- The Importance of International Publicity 101.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312177364
- OCLC:
- 37260947
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