The Soviet Concept of 'Limited Sovereignty' from Lenin to Gorbachev : The Brezhnev Doctrine / by Robert A. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Robert A., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government.

Russia--History.

Europe, Eastern--History.

Soviet Union--History.

Europe--History.

History, Modern.

European Politics.

Russian, Soviet, and East European History.

European History.

Modern History.

Local Subjects:

European Politics.

Russian, Soviet, and East European History.

European History.

Modern History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1990.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990.

Summary:

The book examines the origins, development and contemporary significance of the Soviet doctrine of 'limited sovereignty' ('Brezhnev Doctrine'), with particular reference to the Doctrine's implications for the Soviet Union's relations with Eastern Europe. The author identifies and considers the multiple functions served by the Soviet Union's essentially dualistic or 'bi-axial' approach to sovereignty, which embraces notions derived from both general international law and from Soviet Marxist-Leninist doctrine. The book also includes a comparative analysis of the US 'Monroe Doctrine'. The author argues that, although in the Gorbachev era of 'new thinking', the Soviet doctrine of sovereignty may be developing a 'third axis', Western predictions of the imminent or actual demise of the 'Brezhnev Doctrine' are premature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780312028169

0312028164

9781349204915

1349204919

OCLC:

1084365676