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Policy towards Dissent since Khrushchev

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Authority, Power and Policy in the USSR

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The title of this chapter may suggest a subject which is compact and clearly defined. Working on it has shown me however that it needs several books, at least, to do it justice. So the essay which follows is no more than an attempt to map out the main territory and provide pointers for further, more detailed research.

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T. H. Rigby Archie Brown Peter Reddaway

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Reddaway, P. (1980). Policy towards Dissent since Khrushchev. In: Rigby, T.H., Brown, A., Reddaway, P. (eds) Authority, Power and Policy in the USSR. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06655-1_9

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